On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 2:03 AM, Craig Weinberg <[email protected]>wrote:
> From the Quora > http://www.quora.com/Board-Games/What-are-some-fun-games-to-play-on-an-8x8-Checkerboard-besides-chess-checkers > > This is interesting because I think it shows the weakness of the > one-dimensional view of intelligence as computation. Whether a program can > be designed to win or not is beside the point, as it is the difference > between this game and chess which hints at the differences between > bottom-up mechanism and top-down intentionality. > > In Arimaa, the rules invite personal preference as a spontaneous > initiative from the start - thus it does not make the reductionist > assumption of intelligence as a statistical extraction or 'best choice'. > Game play here begins intuitively and strategy is more proprietary-private > than generic-public. In addition the interaction of the pieces and > inclusion of the four trap squares suggests a game geography which is > rooted more in space-time sensibilities than in pure arithmetic like chess. > I'm not sure which aspects are the most relevant in the difference between > how a computer performs, but it seems likely to me that the difference is > specifically *not* related to computing "power". To wit: > > "There are tens of thousands of possibilities in each turn in Arimaa. The > 'brute force approach' to programming Arimaa fails miserably. Any human who > has played a bit of Arimaa can beat a computer hands down." > > This to me suggests that Arimaa does a good job of sniffing out the > general area where top-down consciousness differs fundamentally from bottom > up simulated intelligence. > If this game shows "where top-down consciousness differs fundamentally from bottom up simulated intelligence" would you accept a computer beating a human at Arimaa as evidence that computers had the "top-down consciousness"? Would you accept an AI matching a human in any task whatsoever as evidence of the computer having consciousness? If not, why bother pointing out computers' failings if you believe they are a priori incapable of consciousness or even intelligence? -- Stathis Papaioannou -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
