On 11/6/07, Russell Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 11/6/07, Monika Krishan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There has been discussion re. the use of AGI to augment human > intelligence > > (HI). Can this augmentation be achieved without determining what HI is > > capable of? For instance, one wouldn't consider a basic square root > > calculator something that augments HI because, well, humans can do this > > easily enough. > > You can calculate square roots to 16 digits of precision in your head? > If you can, fair play to you; I certainly can't :)
I think a "competence" - "performance" distinction could be made here. Can humans calulate square roots? - Yes. We know how this is done. (This refers to competence) Can humans do so with greater and greater degrees of precision? - with a lot of practice &/ given enough time - Yes, perhaps. This is a performance issue. So when speaking of augmentation, a clarification would have to made as to whether the enhancement refers to human competence or human performance. ..... and hence the related issue of "discovering human competencies". -Monika ----- 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=8660244&id_secret=62062040-2feb98
