On Feb 20, 2008 1:34 PM, J Storrs Hall, PhD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Looking at the moon won't help --
of course it helps, it tells you that something odd is with the expression, as opposed to say "yellow sun" ... >it might be the case that it described a > particular appearance that only had a slight resemblance to other blue things > (as in "red hair"), for example. There are some rare conditions (high > stratospheric dust) which can make the moon look actually blue. > > In fact "blue moon" is generally taken to mean, metaphorically, something very > rare (or even impossible) or the second full moon in a given month (which > happens about every two-and-a-half years on the average). > > "ask someone" is of course what human kids do a lot of. An AI could do this, > or look it up in Wikipedia, or the like. All of which are heuristics to > reduce the ambiguity/generality in the information stream. > The question is do enough heuristics make an autogenous AI or is there > something more fundamental to its structure? > > > On Wednesday 20 February 2008 12:27:59 pm, Ben Goertzel wrote: > > > The trick to understanding "once in a blue moon" is to either > > > > -- look at the moon > > > > or > > > > -- ask someone > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > agi > Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ > Modify Your Subscription: http://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > -- Ben Goertzel, PhD CEO, Novamente LLC and Biomind LLC Director of Research, SIAI [EMAIL PROTECTED] "If men cease to believe that they will one day become gods then they will surely become worms." -- Henry Miller ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: http://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=95818715-a78a9b Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
