Steve, Josh and I revisited this old(?) chestnut at today's FRIAM meeting, so I had to look it up...
The American Association for Artificial Intelligence defines AI as "the scientific understanding of the mechanisms underlying thought and intelligent behavior and their embodiment in machines." John McCarthy authored an easy to read discussion on the subject at: http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/whatisai/node1.html Connections to human intelligence seem very strong. Robert C. www.cirrillian.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
