Author: Jay Scott
Date: 16:44:41 01/28/98
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On January 28, 1998 at 15:36:14, Peter Klausler wrote: >IMHO, I don't consider a gameplaying computer program to >be intelligent. But I would consider a program that can >*develop* a winning gameplaying program from scratch to >be intelligent! This is a classic opinion: whatever has been done is not intelligence, whatever is one level harder and can't be done yet is intelligence. In 1960 most people would have agreed that a master-strength chess program is intelligent, because they couldn't imagine other way to do such a thing. You are in the same boat, a little farther down the stream. As it happens, I am writing (trying to write) such a program. Here's my prediction, in case I succeed: When you find out how it works and see what it can and can't do, you will change your mind and decide that it's not intelligent after all. It will be able to write some kinds of game programs and closely related programs, and (if I'm successful) improve them until they're strong. It will not be able to talk, or learn to read, or see, or plan ahead. Jay
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