Re: [singularity] The establishment line on AGI

2008-01-18 Thread Joshua Fox
Ben Goertzel wrote: Imre Lakatos, with his theory of scientific research programmes. Peter Jens wrote: The Logic of Scientific Discovery by Popper. I haven't read these; I'll try to get to them. However, even if their philosophy of science is superior, I wonder if they are as good as Kuhn at

Re: [singularity] Replication/Emulation and human brain, definition of models

2008-01-18 Thread Matt Mahoney
--- Xavier Laurent [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello I am currently doing an Open University course on AI in the UK and they gave us this definition * a *Simulation* of a natural system is a model that captures the functional connections between inputs and outputs of the

Re: [singularity] Replication/Emulation and human brain, definition of models

2008-01-18 Thread j.k.
On 01/18/2008 05:23 AM,, Xavier Laurent wrote: * a *Replication *of a natural system is a model that captures the functional connections between inputs and outputs of the system and is based on processes that are the same as, or similar to, those of the real-world system;

[singularity] Replication/Emulation and human brain, definition of models

2008-01-18 Thread Xavier Laurent
Hello I am currently doing an Open University course on AI in the UK and they gave us this definition * a *Simulation* of a natural system is a model that captures the functional connections between inputs and outputs of the system; * a *Replication *of a natural system is a model