Author: Will Singleton
Date: 19:07:18 12/16/99
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On December 16, 1999 at 21:17:46, Dann Corbit wrote: >A similar thread brings up an interesting question, "What is AI?" > >An old test was supposed to be that if we are playing a remote opponent we can't >tell if it is a human or a machine. I think that can probably be achieved now >(especially if we throw in a bit of randomness). > >Then what tends to happen is that we say, "That's not really artificial >intelligence. After all, it's just a machine, so it _can't_ be." We simply >move the target and we are safe from the encroachment of the machine into "our" >domain. > >If (for instance) I was playing some opponent using Winboard and I only knew it >was one of: >"Kasparov" >"Deep Blue" > >I would have no way of guessing which was which, since either one would pound my >stuffings out effortlessly. > >So the question stands, "What is AI?" and along with it, the related question, >"Are chess programs intelligent?" The first question is unimportant. Whatever works in a given situation works, regardless of the philosophical implications. As for the second question: programs play chess intelligently, but they don't realize it. IMVHO, real world. Will
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