Hi meekerdb That's exactly the point. Intelligence can't be intelligent if it's defined.
Roger Clough, rclo...@verizon.net 10/13/2012 "Forever is a long time, especially near the end." -Woody Allen ----- Receiving the following content ----- From: meekerdb Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-10-12, 17:40:10 Subject: Re: Conscious robots On 10/12/2012 1:54 PM, Russell Standish wrote: > On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 08:23:33AM -0400, Roger Clough wrote: >> Hi Russell Standish >> >> >> Life cannot survive without making choices, >> like where to go next. To avoid an enemy. To get food. >> >> This act of life obviously requires an autonomous choice. >> Nobody can make it for you. It can't be pre-programmed. >> >> Free autonomous choice is a description in my view of intelligence. >> >> QED >> > The algorithm employed by certain bacteria is to travel in a straight > line if nutrient concentration is below a certain threshold, and to > tumble randomly if the nutrient concentration is above a certain > threshold. > > Why is this effective? Ballistic motion (straight line case) exhibits > <\Delta x> proportional to<\Delta t> (average position change is > proportional to time), so its a good way to somewhere where resources > are more plentiful. By contrast chaotic motion has<\Delta x> > proportional to, which means you stick around longer > and hoover up more of the good stuff. > > Is this autonomous? You bet. Is it living? Yes - it's bacteria, although > a robot doing the same thing would not necessarily be living. Is it > intelligent? - nup. I'd say "a little"; it's smarter than just ballistic motion alone. Intelligent behavior isn't very well defined and admits of degrees. Brent -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
