Richard, >> It's Neural Network -- set of nodes (concepts), when every node can be >> connected with the set of other nodes. Every connection has it's own >> weight. >> >> Some nodes are connected with external devices. >> For example, one node can be connected with one word in text >> dictionary (that is an external device).
> you need special extra mechanisms to handle the difference between > generic nodes and instance nodes (in a basic neural net there is no > distinction between these two, so the system cannot represent even the most > basic of situations), 1) Are you talking about problems of "basic neural net" or problems of Neural Net that I described? 2) Human brain is more complex than "basic neural net" and probably works similar to what I described. 3) Extra mechanisms would add additional features to "instance" nodes. (I prefer to call such nodes "peripheral" or "surface".) Surface nodes have the same abilities as regular nodes, but they are also heavily affected by special device. 4) Are you saying that developing special device is a problem? > and you need extra mechanisms to handle the dynamic creation/assignment of > new nodes, because new things are being experienced all the time. That's correct. Such mechanism that creates new nodes is required. Is that a problem? > These extra mechanisms are so important that is arguable that the > behavior of the system is dominated by *them*, not by the mere fact that > the design started out as a neural net. It doesn't matter what part of system dominates. If we able to solve "How to represent things" problem by such architecture -- it's good enough, right? > Having said that, I believe in neural nets as a good conceptual starting > point. Are you saying that what I described is not exactly a Neural Net? How would you call it then? "Blend Neural Net"? > It is just that you need to figure out all that machinery - and no one > has, so there is a "representation" problem in my previous list of problems. We can talk about machinery in all details. I agree, that the system would be complex, but it would have manageable complexity. ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=73456976-acd60e
