Re: Re[2]: [agi] Processing speed for core intelligence in human brain

2006-07-17 Thread Eric Baum
Eugen> Trust me, the speed is. Your biggest problem is memory Eugen> bandwidth, actually. >> Well, on this we differ. I can appreciate how you might think >> memory bandwidth was important for some tasks, although I don't, >> but I'm curious why you think its important for planning problems >> lik

Re: Re[2]: [agi] Processing speed for core intelligence in human brain

2006-07-14 Thread Ben Goertzel
Eugen> Trust me, the speed is. Your biggest problem is memory Eugen> bandwidth, actually. Well, on this we differ. I can appreciate how you might think memory bandwidth was important for some tasks, although I don't, but I'm curious why you think its important for planning problems like Sokoban o

Re[2]: [agi] Processing speed for core intelligence in human brain

2006-07-14 Thread Eric Baum
Eugen> Groan. The whole network computes. The synapse is just an Eugen> element. Also: you're missing on connectivity, Eugen> reconfigurability, synapse type and strength issues. I'll definitely grant you reconfigurability. Might be fairer to compare to a programmable array. >> On a related sub

Re[2]: [agi] Processing speed for core intelligence in human brain

2006-07-14 Thread Mark Waser
On a related subject, I argued in What is Thought? that the hard problem was not processor speed for running the AI, but coding the Trust me, the speed is. Your biggest problem is memory bandwidth, actually. I agree. As I said a couple of days ago, AGI is going to require a massive amount o