In terms of MMOs, I suppose you could think of Selmer's approach as allowing "scripting in a highly customized variant of Prolog" ... which might not be a bad thing, but is different from creating learning systems..
-- Ben G On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 10:51 PM, Trent Waddington < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 1:22 PM, Ben Goertzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So, yes, his stuff is not ELIZA-like, it's based on a fairly > sophisticated > > crisp-logic-theorem-prover back end, and a well-thought-out cognitive > > architecture. > > > > From what I saw in the presentation, it looks like this is an entirely > engineered system. Complete from NL-to-temporal-logic conversion down > to theorem proving. If the system does any second order learning then > he didn't mention it in that presentation, and you'd expect him to do > so if it does. > > The part I found most amusing was the "applications" slide. It was > sort of a "I don't need to tell you that there are lots of > applications".. which is not something one can comment on without > knowing the capabilities of the system. But from what I saw, I'm > pretty sure its use in MMOs would be only slightly better than > scripting, and would require a LOT more processing power. > > On the other hand, if it can do significant learning then I can > imagine it would do well in the applications he listed. > > Trent > > > ------------------------------------------- > agi > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ > Modify Your Subscription: > https://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] "A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." -- Robert Heinlein ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=117534816-b15a34 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
