RE: [agi] on the notion that intelligence can be defined

2002-11-07 Thread Ben Goertzel
Paul P wrote: *** That "I" have not demonstrated precise definitions to the phenomenon of life or the phenomenon of intelligence is not a proper argument that you are right about the possibility of computer life. *** Of course it isn't an argument that I'm right. If by "prove" you're

RE: [agi] on the notion that intelligence can be defined

2002-11-07 Thread Ben Goertzel
I wrote *** There is a difference between Novamente and abstractions about Novamente There is a difference between my brain and abstractions about my brain A computer running aNovamente software system is not an abstraction, nor is my brain Both a computer running aNovamente system,

RE: [agi] on the notion that intelligence can be defined

2002-11-07 Thread Ben Goertzel
Shane Legg wrote: Whose to say what intelligence *really* is. My approach is simply to try to define something that captures with precision aspects of the fuzzy concept of intelligence, name it something else, and then get on with the job. If nobody/everybody thinks that what I have