I should add that I agree to some extent with the conclusion: "We should be careful not to underestimate the significance of Vicarious crossing this milestone," adding that the company is "at the forefront of building the first truly intelligent machines."
The ability to solve the problem Hofstadter identified - of recognizing > endlessly diversifying A fonts (the essence of the CAPTCHA problem) - > would constitute a major and first breakthrough towards AGI. I will put my arse on the line, and say no algo will ever do this. A different, new computational approach is required On 28 October 2013 10:27, tintner michael <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/28/captcha-defeated-by-computer-software_n_4168784.html > > [I bet it *doesn't* work remotely that well - > > Vicarious said its algorithm achieves success rates of 90 to 97 percent ] > ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
