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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Adrian Hon
[snip]
> The real problem is creating the framework for a brain in which
> data can be
> accepted and processed. Really, it's only as hard as creating the
> brain in a
> baby, which does seem quite difficult but in reality is probably only
> regulated by a few hundred genes at most.
A few hundred genes that can turn one another on and off, creating a huge
state space!
> In other words, it's not the structure that matters as much as
> the rules and
> guidelines that are invoked in creating that structure.
I don't see a meaningful distinction. Although there is more than one way
to create code that uses the same data structure, they are intimately
linked.
> This is of course assuming that the human brain is the only way
> in which to
> create an artificial intelligence that can communicate with humans.
If I had to bet, I'd bet that we'll find some other way before we can
imitate the way our brains do it, just as we have found other ways to
imitate the body's mechanical abilities. On the other hand, I'd bet it'll
be a long darn time, given that intelligence is closely related to, and
perhaps indistinguishable from language. And we don't understand how
language works. Ask anyone who works on natural language parsing.
Nick Arnett
