On Jan 6, 2008 4:00 PM, Mike Tintner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ben, > > Sounds like you may have missed the whole point of the test - though I mean > no negative comment by that - it's all a question of communication. > > A *program* is a prior series or set of instructions that shapes and > determines an agent's sequence of actions. A precise itinerary for a > journey. Even if the programmer doesn't have a full but only a very partial > vision of that eventual sequence or itinerary. (The agent of course can be > either the human mind or a computer).
OK, then any AI that is implemented in computer software is by your definition a "programmed" AI. Whether it is based on GA's, neural nets, logical theorem-proving or whatever. So, is your argument that digital computer programs can never be creative, since you have asserted that programmed AI's can never be creative? -- Ben G ----- 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=82448475-4978a0
