Matt Mahoney wrote:
--- Richard Loosemore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Matt Mahoney wrote:
I think there is a different role for chaos theory. Richard Loosemore
describes a system as intelligent if it is complex and adaptive.
NO, no no no no!
I already denied this.
Misunderstanding: I do not say that a system as intelligent if it is
complex and adaptive.
"Complex Adaptive System" is a near-synonym for "complex system", that's
all.
OK, so what is your definition of intelligence?
I thought I already answered this one, too, but here goes:
There is no 'definition' of intelligence, in the sense of a compact,
classical definition that captures the whole thing in a formal way, and
which can be used as the basis for some kind of hard-edged mathematical
analysis of intelligent systems, or strict design methodlogy for
creating an intelligent system (this being the way that a lot of people
are trying to use these definitions).
There are 'descriptive definitions', such as the one Pei gave a few days
ago, which I think are fine, but these beg questions that need more
detail, which then beg more questions..... which ultimately leads to a
cluster of loosely defined features that eventually become an entire
book, and then become an actual intelligence.
Hope that clears it up.
Richard Loosemore.
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