Peter, I agree that simply learning mappings between names and objects is easy, and doesn't even require a system as sophisticated as yours is.
The slightly more interesting example of reasoning mentioned in this article was: When there were N toys in a room, and the dog knew the names of N-1 of them, and was then asked to fetch "blah", where "blah" was an unfamiliar name -- the dog figured out to fetch the toy whose name it didn't know, figuring that must be a "blah." This isn't rocket science, but it's reasonably sophisticated speculative inference [which could lead to error sometimes, in cases of objects with multiple names, obviously] -- Ben > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Voss > Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 3:08 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [agi] Dogs can learn language... > > > We are not going for 'dpg-level intelligence' per se -- > rather, roughly best cognitive abilities of various animals & > human infants. > > Actually our current 'phase3' specs already include Alex's > (The Parrot) abilities. Also, I don't see any particular > difficulty with our current design/ system learning hundreds > of different concept or goal references. > > Peter > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Ben Goertzel > Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 10:49 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [agi] Dogs can learn language... > > > >From the New York Times today ... This is perhaps pertinent to Peter > Voss's notion of "dog-level intelligence" ;-) > > ben > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.700 / Virus Database: 457 - Release Date: 6/6/2004 > > ------- > To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily > deactivate your subscription, > please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------- To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate your subscription, please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
