Most human communication probably isn't directly conscious, so maybe 
there's some unconscious hope.  Something of what Gabby said on 'wobbly' 
goes on in the machines.  Fuzzy Description Logics (DLs) can be used to 
represent and reason with vague knowledge. This family of logical 
formalisms is very diverse, each member being characterized by a specific 
choice of constructors,axioms, and triangular norms, which are used to 
specify the semantics.They form the base language for many large-scale 
knowledge bases, like Snomed CT and the Gene Ontology, but  their largest 
success to date is the language OWL as the standard ontology language for 
the Semantic Web. DLs essentially allow to state relations between 
concepts, which represent subsets of a specific domain containing exactly 
those domain elements that share certain properties. Roles correspond to 
binary relations that allow to state connections between concepts.
In their classical form, however, DLs are not well-suited for representing 
and reasoning with the vagueness and imprecision that are endemic to many 
knowledge domains, e.g. in the bio-medical fields. One of the most common 
symptoms of diseases is the presence of fever, which is characterized by a 
high body
temperature. Clearly, it is not possible to* precisely* distinguish high 
body temperatures from non-high body temperatures. In order to 
appropriately represent this knowledge, it is necessary to use a formalism 
capable of handling imprecision. Fuzzy variants of DLs have been introduced 
as a means of handling imprecise
terminological knowledge. This is achieved by interpreting concepts as 
fuzzy sets. In a nutshell, a fuzzy set associates with every element of the 
universe a value from the interval [0, 1], which expresses its degree of 
membership to the set. This makes it possible to express, e.g. that 38◦C is 
a high body temperature to
degree 0.7, while 39◦C belongs to the same concept with degree 1.

Of course, one hardly puts this kind of linguistic and mathematical effort 
in with humans.  One cannot reliably determine whether they are switched on 
or merely programmed like an attack dog with a spleen problem.  I can see 
the point in translation for the machine, but humans are so stupid they 
choose the wrong end of the stick, even when correctly marked.


The ability to manage vague and imprecise knowledge is a desired feature of 
intelligent systems to be used in the biological and medical domains, among 
many others.Studying the complexity of reasoning with different fuzzy DLs 
allows us to discern which of these may be suitable formalisms for 
implementing a fuzzy knowledge representation and reasoning system. Anyone 
who thinks the machines aren't as smart as us should compare argument here 
with the chats one can have with a modern database.

http://lat.inf.tu-dresden.de/research/papers/2015/BoDP-AI15.pdf


On Monday, March 2, 2015 at 4:12:37 AM UTC, Chris Jenkins wrote:
>
> Yes, I'm sure they eventually will. The Singularity and all that. I wonder 
> if we'll achieve the same level of communication growth. 
>
> On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 7:24 PM, archytas <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Quatsch is rather tame and an interesting example in your terms Chris.  I 
>> heard Schmarrn more often (Austria).  Inflexion, tone and the rest would be 
>> key - just as rubbish could be a nice response to a fairy tale story or 
>> rather nasty as from a finger-wagging harridan teacher.  Machines can 
>> interpret these these things over time.
>>
>>
>> On Sunday, March 1, 2015 at 7:08:56 PM UTC, Chris Jenkins wrote:
>>>
>>> Brilliant! I'll be using that from now on. 
>>>
>>> On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 2:05 PM, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I don't know, but I would translate it as "Quatsch". Equally wobbly 
>>>> sound. :)
>>>>
>>>> 2015-03-01 20:01 GMT+01:00 Chris Jenkins <[email protected]>:
>>>>
>>>>> Ah, but I never belittled your language competence, Gabby! What I said 
>>>>> in American English was that I wondered sometimes if I missed an intended 
>>>>> meaning in the translation. And, inputting my American English into 
>>>>> Google 
>>>>> Translated German English was a perfect example of that; little of my 
>>>>> intended meaning was originally clear to German speakers I reckon, and 
>>>>> translating back to American English renders it not much more than 
>>>>> gibberish. 
>>>>>
>>>>> What does gibberish translate to in German?
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 12:44 PM, Gabby <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Heyo Chrissy, my eternal savior! I appreciate very much your attempt 
>>>>>> at saving whatever was never there. The ring is just a parable, but I 
>>>>>> will 
>>>>>> soon have gone full circle again.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And hey, I'd rather you accused me of foul language than belittling 
>>>>>> my language competence! Your German English sounds just like your 
>>>>>> American 
>>>>>> English by the way.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I find it noticeable how you come to think that the long gone Francis 
>>>>>> might be of help while I perceive others, who are presently active in 
>>>>>> this 
>>>>>> interpretations club, who are doing a much better job. Anyways.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I joined this group because of the topic keywords and the writing 
>>>>>> "Minds Eye", which in my eyes allowed for singular as well as plural 
>>>>>> interpretations due to the "oral markers". The vast majority of active 
>>>>>> posters was Americans, which I got to know as loud, dominant, 
>>>>>> aggressive. 
>>>>>> And their strategically silent, submissive, passive-aggressive 
>>>>>> counterparts 
>>>>>> of course. My aim was to not get worked up anymore by what I perceive 
>>>>>> here, 
>>>>>> which I haven't fully managed to reach yet. But I have learned so much 
>>>>>> already about the power of manipulation and distraction and emotional 
>>>>>> dependencies in what you'd think was banal online chatting ... amazing! 
>>>>>> I 
>>>>>> will still write up a little lessons learned micro article on the 
>>>>>> difference between the American and the German understanding of God and 
>>>>>> post it here.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In my opinion this place is not dead because Neil has adopted it as 
>>>>>> his personal writing playground, which no one objects to. That's fine 
>>>>>> with 
>>>>>> me and tells me I'm late with my project.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Greetings once more across the Atlantic!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Am Sonntag, 1. März 2015 01:56:27 UTC+1 schrieb Chris Jenkins:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Was passiert, wenn der einzige Weg, wie wir kommunizieren konnte, 
>>>>>>> war durch Fremdsoftware nicht in der Lage zu verstehen, unsere 
>>>>>>> Emotionen? 
>>>>>>> Die digitale Kommunikation nicht Ton jetzt vermitteln, sich vorstellen, 
>>>>>>> wenn sie verloren auch Nuancen in der Übersetzung?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ich denke an das, weil ich die Gespräche in dieser Gruppe häufig 
>>>>>>> brechen in zwei Menschen aneinander vorbei sprechen. Ich frage mich, 
>>>>>>> wenn 
>>>>>>> sie die anderen Lautsprecher verstehen überhaupt. Wenn unsere Worte 
>>>>>>> verloren nicht nur ihr Ton, sondern auch ihre heimatlichen Dialekt; 
>>>>>>> wenn 
>>>>>>> sie etwas wurde noch der Sprecher nicht verstehen, bevor sie von einer 
>>>>>>> anderen Person erhalten, würden wir in der Lage, überhaupt zu 
>>>>>>> kommunizieren?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ich wünschte, Fran waren hier, um zu wiegen; er würde haben Einblick 
>>>>>>> Ich würde wertvoll wie ein englischer Muttersprachler, die so viel Zeit 
>>>>>>> in 
>>>>>>> einem Land mit einer anderen als seiner Muttersprache verbracht hat, zu 
>>>>>>> finden. Gabby hat ähnliche Einsicht gegeben, wie viel Zeit sie in 
>>>>>>> englischer Sprache bei uns verbringt, (und wie oft habe ich gefragt, ob 
>>>>>>> ich 
>>>>>>> einen Sinn in der Übersetzung verpasst), aber ich nehme an, sie werden 
>>>>>>> meist nur Spaß meines schlecht übersetzt machen Deutsch. : D
>>>>>>>
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