You have given no reason why the separation of the process of
communication
with the
process of manipulating data can only be separated if the knowledge is
structured.
In fact there is no reason.
How do you communicate something for which you have no established
communications protocol? If you can answer that, you have solved the
natural language problem.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dr. Matthias Heger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 3:10 PM
Subject: AW: [agi] Words vs Concepts [ex Defining AGI]
Mark Waser wrote
What if the matching process is not finished?
This is overly simplistic for several reasons since you're apparently
assuming that the matching process is crisp, unambiguous, and irreversible
(and ask Stephen Reed how well that works for TexAI).
I do not assume this. Why should I?
It *must* be remembered that "the internal model" for natural language
includes such critically entwined and constantly changing information as
what this particular conversation is about, what the speaker knows, and
what
the speakers motivations are. The meaning of sentences can change
tremendously based upon the currently held beliefs about these questions.
Suddenly realizing that the speaker is being sarcastic generally reverses
the meaning of statements. Suddenly realizing that the speaker is using
an
analogy can open up tremendous vistas for interpretation and analysis.
Look
at all the problems that people have parsing sentences.
If I suddenly realize that the speaker is sarcastic than I change my
mappings from linguistic entities to pattern entities. Where is the
problem?
The reason why you can separate the process of communication with the
process of manipulating data in a computer is because *data* is crisp and
unambiguous. It is concrete and completely specified as I suggested in my
initial e-mail. The model is entirely known and the communication process
is entirely specified. None of these things are true of unstructured
knowledge.
You have given no reason why the separation of the process of
communication
with the
process of manipulating data can only be separated if the knowledge is
structured.
In fact there is no reason.
Language understanding emphatically does not meet these requirements so
your
analogy doesn't hold.
There are no special requirements.
- Matthias
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