Yes, of course, but no human except an expert in lunar astronomy would have a definitive answer to the question either
The issue at hand is really how a text-analysis based AGI would distinguish literal from metaphoric text, and how it would understand the context in which a statement is implicitly intended by the speaker/writinger. These are hard problems, which are being worked on by many individuals in the computational linguistics community. I tend to think that introducing (real or virtual) embodiment will make the solution of these problems easier... -- Ben On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 3:45 PM, Matt Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- Ben Goertzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I note also that a web-surfing AGI could resolve the color of the moon > > quite easily by analyzing online pictures -- though this isn't pure > > text mining, it's in the same spirit... > > Not really. You can get a better answer to "what color is the moon?" if you > google "what color is the moon?". Better, but not definitive. Even the > photos are not in agreement. Some photos show a mix of orange and blue. If > you stood on the moon, it would look black next to your feet, but white in > contrast to the even darker sky. During tonight's eclipse, it should look > reddish brown. > > > > -- Matt Mahoney, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------------------------------------------- > > > agi > Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ > Modify Your Subscription: http://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > -- Ben Goertzel, PhD CEO, Novamente LLC and Biomind LLC Director of Research, SIAI [EMAIL PROTECTED] "If men cease to believe that they will one day become gods then they will surely become worms." -- Henry Miller ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: http://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=95818715-a78a9b Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
