Hi, I just found that Les has several new papers on the subject and related subjects at http://people.deas.harvard.edu/~valiant/
>> Ben, >> >> I'd point you to Les Valiant's book Circuits of the Mind for a >> serious attempt to answer precisely such questions. >> >> It's been years since I read it, and my recollection is hazy, so I >> won't attempt much of a summary. The book posits units of several >> (hundred?) neurons called neuroids that act as finite state >> machines with various properties, and then gives algorithms by >> which the whole system could be programmed to learn, for example, >> concepts of exactly the type you ask. Ben> Thanks, I will check it out... Ben> Ben Ben> ------- To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily Ben> deactivate your subscription, please go to Ben> 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]
