Hans? Try Heinz ;-) Actually listed as a quote _in_ Abby's, originally by Greg Snow, but w/o attribution...
-pd > On 13 May 2020, at 02:23 , Jim Lemon <drjimle...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Sorry, it was listed in Hans' email as a reply from you. Far be it > from me to speak for someone else. > > Jim > > On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 10:13 AM Abby Spurdle <spurdl...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Jim, >> >> I think you've mis-quoted me. >> I didn't say that. >> >> >> On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 10:10 AM Jim Lemon <drjimle...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Abby Spurdle: >>> In my opinion the advantage of computers is not Artificial >>> Intelligence, but rather Artificial Patience (most AI that I have seen >>> is really doing a bunch of what I would consider to be boring, really >>> fast so people don't have to). Leave the Intelligence to the people. >>> >>> Abby's response contains a complaint that is often directed at >>> technical advances. So what if we can devise a way to perform some >>> boring task rapidly? I answer that it allows us to delegate the boring >>> task to the machine and proceed with the integration of the results. >>> We run the risk of Douglas Adams' delightful result that we cannot >>> understand, but nearly all of the "big" scientific endeavors stand >>> upon the shoulders of machines doing boring tasks whose duration at >>> human speed would see us all out. My idea of AI is a sort of teamwork >>> between the error-prone synthesis of man and the precise analysis of >>> machine, not a struggle for dominance of one or the other. >>> >>> Jim >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >>> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. -- Peter Dalgaard, Professor, Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark Phone: (+45)38153501 Office: A 4.23 Email: pd....@cbs.dk Priv: pda...@gmail.com ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.