Kevin Copple wrote:
I do not want to say that random trial and error is the ultimate form of
intelligent thought. Far from it. But given what nature and
humankind have
achieved with it to date, and that we may not even recognize the extent to
which it is involved in our own thought, it
Would it be easier for a computer to learn a less complicated animal
language like dog, whale, dolphin, etc. If a database was created from
animal languages, maybe then we could also translate animal language to
human language and back again. Hmm.
How did human language evolve anyway? Surely we
Well, animal languages are not languages in the same sense as human
languages... We humans don't really know them very well, and it seems to me
that they would be VERY hard for an AI to use effectively unless that AI
were embodied in a close simulation of an appropriate animal body. Animal
Gary Miller wrote:
That being said other than Cyc I am at a loss to name any serious AI
efforts which are over a few years in duration and have more that 5 man
years worth of effort (not counting promotional and fundraising).
No offense, but I suspect you need to read more of the
As I posted to this mailing list a few months ago, I have a list (now
including 10 projects) that:
a.. Each of them has the plan to eventually grow into a thinking machine
or artificial general intelligence (so it is not merely about part of AI);
b.. Each of them has been carried out for
Sorry, I forgot to mention that my list is at
http://www.cis.temple.edu/~pwang/203-AI/Lecture/203-1126.htm.
Happy New Year to everyone!
Pei
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