On Saturday 15 July 2006 03:28 pm, boblq wrote:
> On Saturday 15 July 2006 02:27 pm, boblq wrote:
> > Here is a recent interview with Marvin Minsky who coined the term AI.
>
> Oops, it was McCarthy not Minsky ...
>
> And an amusing sideshow entitled "Artifical Stupidity"
>
> BobLQ
LOL at myself, and here is a snip as well as the link I forgot. I blame the
heat :)
But Loebner did not take his snubbing meekly. Loebner immediately
wrote back that the best way for Minsky to get Loebner to revoke his
prize was to win it. Of course Minsky had already hinted that Loebner
had never made clear what the rules for winning the prize were, so that
was not a very satisfactory rejoinder. But then a few days later
("while
taking a nice hot bath, drinking a fine wine, about an hour after
smoking
a really fat joint"), Loebner came up with a more considered and clever
response, one that still rattles Minsky nearly a decade later.
Minsky had announced that he would give $100 to whoever made Loebner
stop his contest. But Loebner would only stop his contest when somebody
won the gold medal. Therefore, Loebner reasoned, Minsky, being an
honorable
man, would give $100 to whoever won the ultimate Loebner competition.
Therefore, Marvin Minsky was a cosponsor of the Loebner competition,
simple
as that. It was delicious!
Loebner promptly issued a press release saying that Marvin Minsky was
now
a cosponsor of the Loebner Prize, by virtue of his announcement of the
"Minsky Loebner Prize Revocation Prize." What made this development so
delightfully ironic was Minsky's own statement that anyone was free to
use
the name "Minsky Loebner Prize Revocation Prize" in any advertising
they liked,
which made it nearly impossible for Minsky to prevent Loebner from
doing just that.
Which is why Loebner continues to cite Minsky as a cosponsor of his
event every
chance he gets.
http://dir.salon.com/story/tech/feature/2003/02/26/loebner_part_one/index.html?pn=1
BobLQ
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