Bob Higgins <rj.bob.higg...@gmail.com> wrote: I submit that using neural techniques to solve a problem is not AI. >
Well, your brain is neural network of a similar nature. It is not just an analogy; the brain really is a neural network. Clearly, this architecture can give rise to intelligence. Whether it will in this case remains to be seen. > If it were AI, the machine would be able to understand what had been said, > ascribe context to it, and be able to integrate it into its database for > application in a completely different domain. > They are getting closer to doing that every day. Whether they will ever rival humans remains to be seen. I expect they will be better than us some things and were set others. They are already better at pattern recognition, for example. > Not only would it have translated what it read, but it would have learned > something about the psychology of what had been said - not just how to > better convey it in a different language. > I see no reason why this will not happen sooner or later. Machines are far from being able to do this now, because they have brains roughly the size of a bird's brain. Birds do not understand human language. However they are capable of doing remarkable things. Their ability to navigate three-dimensional space is astounding. As I pointed out in my book, if a chicken gets into your kitchen and you chase after it, you will see that it is better at evasion than you are at catching a chicken. (I know about this because we used to keep chickens.) > We are really far away from this type of AI concept learning, concept > incorporation into it own intelligence . . . > I am not sure what that means. Do you mean interfacing peoples brains to computers? Or do you mean making machine intelligence similar to our brains. I see no reason to make AI resemble human intelligence. This is like making airplanes that flap their wings, imitating birds. > , and application of the concepts to problem solving in a completely > different domain. This still requires invention. > Of course. However, neural networks can probably provide the basis for this. - Jed
