> And Abram said, > "A revised version of my argument would run something like this. As the > approximation problem gets more demanding, it gets more difficult to > devise logical heuristics. Increasingly, we must rely on intuitions > tested by experiments. There then comes a point when making the > distinction between the heuristic and the underlying search becomes > unimportant; the method is all heuristic, so to speak. At this point > we are simply using "messy" methods," > > I wondered if Abram was talking about the way an AI program should work or > the way research into AI should work, or the way AI programs and research > into AI should work? > Jim Bromer
The passage quoted above was intended to reflect a necessary progression as we design AIs for more and more demanding tasks, as if some hypothetical researcher started with a narrow AI and was attempting to generalize it. Of course, people on this list will be more prone to try starting at the AGI end of the spectrum without going through the progression. ------------------------------------------- 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=106510220-47b225 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
