Author: Larry Proffer
Date: 05:46:04 06/27/01
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On June 27, 2001 at 07:54:21, Tony Werten wrote: >On June 27, 2001 at 00:33:26, derrick gatewood wrote: > >>ok, I made some general statements about AI and chess and how they have been >>closely related... this is the response I get back. I was wondering what you >>guys think about this. If you can rip its reasoning apart, please do. I would >>like a little support when I do it =) >> >> >>"Umm.. Lets see. Chess programs and AI. >> >>Of course what follows is an Opinion, but here goes anway.. >> >>What exactly *is* intellegence? > >Wrong entry. The subject was chessprograms and articficial intelligence not >chessprograms and intelligence. > >Can't look it up now but I'm quite sure AI means something like the abbillity to >mimic human though or beheavior. > >Tony > Pretty much so. AI research is directed towards building a machine that can think and towards improving our understanding of intelligence. The ultimate achievement in this field would be to construct a machine that can mimic or exceed human mental capabilities, including reasoning, understanding, imagination, recognition, creativity and emotions. Computer chess machines and other number-crunching devices are a very long way from such an achievement and are unlikely even on the right path - whatever that is. It also seems extremely unlikely that the sort of people engaged in computer chess either now or in the past (and most have left) have any of the above qualities (imagination, understanding, creativity, emotions, at the least) in sufficient amount to be able to design a machine that has. So you can forget about AI coming from a forum like this, or any computer chess forum. Playing with toys and random muses on Startrek does not Artificial Intelligence make.
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