--- Benjamin Goertzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My conclusion is that Lojban over English is a solution to a problem that > > won't help the AGI effort. BTW why can't an AGI communicate in a subset > of > > English to start and grow the number and complexity of it's vocabulary > over > > time? If a subset of English is initially used, why does this imply > > *restrict* as you mentioned above? Children don't start off with adult > > level language either! > > Right, and young children can't learn much from reading the Net...
Because children learn to speak before they learn to read. But children do learn language by listening to adult level language (although not optimally). And statistical language models do learn a model equivalent to that of a young child after training on adult level writing. -- Matt Mahoney, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=231415&user_secret=fabd7936
