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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