So we can't just create these things, we have to evolve them. You know... this really screws with the "intelligent design" theory :)
On 25 May 2010 14:50, shainnif ismail <[email protected]> wrote: > well these machines do have 500,000 years of evolution to catch up on, the > analogy i recall was these system are like single cell organisms that we > need to force evolve. > > Regards > Shaine Ismail > > > On 25 May 2010 14:30, Casper Bang <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I also studied hypermedia and here 10 years after I have yet to be >> convinced that the theory can map to practice (i.e. bidirectional >> links, annotations etc.) If anyone can bring this forward in practice, >> it has got to be Google. And yet, look at how crappy live translation >> of captions works for YouTube. That part will be particular >> interesting to monitor when GoogleTV launches. >> >> On May 25, 3:17 pm, shainnif ismail <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I went to a talk at Edinburgh University many years ago, about >> > Neurolinguistics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurolinguistics) >> > >> > specifically on Semantics, and its use in computer science eg >> > translating human language to code using intelligent programs, mapping >> > concepts rather than words. >> > >> > It remember being very impressed and that was about 1999. >> > >> > shaine >> > >> > On 25 May 2010 13:56, Casper Bang <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > It's an interesting subject for sure, dating back to Plato Vs. >> > > Aristotle. I used to believe futurists like Ray Kurzweil etc. but now >> > > I am not so sure. While we will no doubt continue to simulate larger >> > > and more complex brains, we have yet to properly define intelligence >> > > let alone self-awareness (humans primary driver). >> > >> > > Nature itself does not seem particular intelligent, it relies on crude >> > > trial-n-error (survival-of-the-fittest) and tracer-bullets (mutations) >> > > rather than up-front design. Indeed, modern agile processes looks an >> > > awful lot like a step back to nature. >> > >> > > The fact that you can hire 100 teams to solve a problem* and they will >> > > all get to very different solutions, suggests to me that it makes >> > > little sense to equate computer intelligence and human intelligence. >> > > When all 100 teams start to arrive at the (very near) same solution, >> > > then we may be more ready to define "intelligence". >> > >> > > /Casper >> > >> > > *Not a pure algorithmic problem a la TSP. >> > >> > > -- >> > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups >> > > "The Java Posse" group. >> > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > > [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> >> <javaposse%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups .com> >> > > . >> > > For more options, visit this group at >> > >http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "The Java Posse" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> >> . >> > For more options, visit this group athttp:// >> groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "The Java Posse" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- Kevin Wright mail/google talk: [email protected] wave: [email protected] skype: kev.lee.wright twitter: @thecoda -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
