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Subject: Re: A "New" Idea for Adaptive Programs

Author: John Lowe

Date: 14:03:39 12/23/02

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On December 23, 2002 at 16:18:06, Bob Durrett wrote:

>On December 23, 2002 at 15:54:52, John Lowe wrote:
>
><snip>
>
>>If you're talking about "intelligent" computers - e.g. transferring ideas born
>>in one environment to a different set of circumstances, biting the bullet and
>>learning from experience........ WOW!
>
><snip>
>
>No, I regret that I was not thinking that far ahead.  But now that you mention
>it, . . .
>
>I guess it's just a matter of deciding what kinds of information to transfer.
>But first the desired information must be obtained or produced [by the program.]

"A computer does what you tell it to - not always what you want it to"

If you tell it to anlyse a position according to your criteria and modify itself
according to it's findings and your rules this is a 100% "hands on" scenario.

> Before that, someone or something must decide what sorts of information are to
>be obtained/produced by the software.
>
>Someone may have to "put on his or her thinking cap" for that one.
>
>: )
>
>Are you sure that doing what you suggest would be sufficient for the program to
>be correctly called "intelligent"?
>
I find "hands on" fun!

"Hands off" will come one day - even though chess will never cease to have an
"exponential" problem.

>Many humans prefer to believe that computers can never "think" intelligently.
>Some may feel that it is taboo to try to make a computer that can match humans.

It used to be taboo for anyone to imagine speeds over a mile a minute.

>Bob D.

Regards

John



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