On Jan 7, 2008 12:08 PM, David Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Would two AGI's with the same initial learning program, same hardware in a > controlled environment (same access to a specific learning base-something > like an encyclopedia) learn at different rates and excel in different tasks?
Yes ... Even in the extreme case of identical external stimuli, two AGI systems could evolve slightly differently due to consequences of rounding error. However, if the AGI systems were built carefully enough (so as not to be susceptible to rounding error or other related phenomena) it could be made so that with totally identical environments they were totally identical in behavior, so long as no hardware failures occurred. (I note though that minor hardware failures like small defects in RAM or disk could always intervene and play the same role as roundoff error, potentially setting the two AGIs with identical code and identical environmental stimuli on different courses.) -- Ben ----- 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=82647670-987d16
