Adrian Hon wrote: >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. > To me this sounds like trying to build a flying machine by studying the wing movements of birds. There still aren't many flapping wings in flying machines, but we have well and truly conquered our atmosphere. A glider, a helicopter, an SR71, a 747 and a shuttle are all very effective flying machines, and I see any AI development as being like our development of flight - acheiving the same goals as nature, but in completely different ways. I also see it being task specific (much as each of the aforementioned flying machines can't do what any of the other mentioned machines can do) rather than a generic Bicentennial Man type robot.
Cheers Russell C.
