Intelligence is a very fuzzy and cloudy concept. My guess it that the first machines with human-like intelligence and self-consciousness are not far away, 10-20 years perhaps (see the bets at http://www.longbets.org/1 or http://www.longbets.org/15). This will certainly be a major breakthrough - the next big evolutionary transition. I personally think it is easier to build intelligent agents in virtual worlds than robots in real worlds, and I would expect the breakthrough here in the virtual world. For the "secret of true AI", see the discussion at http://tinyurl.com/j4qck or http://tinyurl.com/k88wd
-J. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Phil Henshaw Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 2:43 AM To: 'The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group' Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Sensor networks and self-organization Yea, how far away would anyone guess it is to the invention of the first 'intelligent' machine? Do you think it's a matter of one or many missing discoveries, or just applying current knowledge in a more complex way? Phil Henshaw ¸¸¸¸.·´ ¯ `·.¸¸¸¸ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 680 Ft. Washington Ave NY NY 10040 tel: 212-795-4844 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] explorations: www.synapse9.com ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
