Unless the details of that modified Turing Test are somehow profoundly flawed, then, yes...
ben On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Eric B. Ramsay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So Ben, based on what you are saying, you fully expect them to fail their > Turing test? > > Eric B. Ramsay > > > Ben Goertzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know Selmer and his group pretty well... > > It is well done stuff, but it is purely hard-coded-knowledge-based > logical inference -- > there is no real learning there... > > It's not so hard to get impressive-looking functionality in toy demo > tasks, by hard- > coding rules and using a decent logic engine > > Others have failed at this, so his achievement is worthwhile and means his > logic > engine and formalism are better than most ... but still ... IMO, this > is not a very likely > path to AGI ... > > -- Ben > > On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 10:30 AM, Ed Porter wrote: > > Here is an article about RPI's attempt to pass a slightly modified version > > of the turning test using supercomputers to power their "Rascals" AI > > algorithm. > > > > > http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206903246&pri > > ntable=true > > > > The one thing I didn't understand was that they said their "Rascals" AI > > algorithm used a theorem proving architectures. I would assume that that > > would mean it as based on binary logic, and thus would not be sufficiently > > flexible to model many human thought processes, which are almost certainly > > more neural net-like, and thus much more probabilistic. > > > > Does anybody have any opinions on that. > > > > Ed Porter > > > > ------------------------------------------- > > 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/?&; > > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > > ________________________________ > > agi | Archives | Modify Your Subscription -- 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
