Re: [agi] What's the diff. between a simulation and a copy?

2007-12-30 Thread Matt Mahoney
The difference is that a simulation is an approximation of a copy. Simulation code has to be complex because we want to preserve those features that are important, which is never a straightforward problem. An exact simulation of the universe down to the last particle would be a very simple

Re: [agi] NL interface

2007-12-30 Thread Matt Mahoney
--- YKY (Yan King Yin) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 21, 2007 11:08 PM, Matt Mahoney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the goal of your system. What application? Sorry about the delay, and Merry Xmas =) The goal is to provide an easy input for AGI, temporarily until full NL capacity is

Re: [agi] NL interface

2007-12-30 Thread Benjamin Goertzel
Matt, I agree w/ your question... I actually think KB's can be useful in principle, but I think they need to be developed in a pragmatic way, i.e. where each item of knowledge added can be validated via how useful it is for helping a functional intelligent agent to achieve some interesting

Re: [agi] NL interface

2007-12-30 Thread Günther Greindl
The problem with all traditional knowledge bases (CYC too) it is still all meaningless symbols for the processing computer program, processed according to relational rules in the KB, which are all entered by _human beings_. An AI would need to develop it's own KB, like a child - we all have