Author: Dan Homan
Date: 06:53:44 12/17/99
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On December 17, 1999 at 08:37:19, walter irvin wrote: >i think AI should be anything that can defeat more than 75% of the time a random >action .in other words humans could be put to the test as well as computers .if >a computer program can score at least 75% out of a 100 games vs totaly random >moves then you must say that it has demonstrated AI .now the degree of AI or how >good something is i guess you could take the average rating for the average >person and compare vs the program and there you are . Interesting idea, I was talking to a researcher once who was using a definition of intelligence very much like this one. He had an example of a very simple organism that could finds its way to food very efficently. He claimed the organism was intelligent. I can't remember the exact situation, so I'll make up an artifical case that has the same properties. Say we build a car that had three things: 1) motor to move the car forward 2) motor to move the car in a tight circle 3) a mercury level switch This car is designed so that whenever the front of the car is pointed up, the level turns on the forward motor. Whenever the front of the car is facing level or down, the level switch turns on the motor to move the car in a tight circle. Now suppose the task we have in mind is for the car to find its way to the top of a simple, smooth hill. This car would very efficently find its way to the top of the hill, regardless of how it was placed on the hill. It would have to be much more efficent than random driving around the hill to find the top. Significantly better than random is definitely one clear way to define intelligence. In a way, I like this definition for its simplicity, but I also like the idea of intelligence involving a learning from past experience - which your definition doesn't require. - Dan
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