> From: Mike Tintner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Charles: >> I don't think a General Intelligence could be built entirely > out > of > >> narrow AI components, but it might well be a relatively trivial add- > on. > >> Just consider how much of human intelligence is demonstrably "narrow > AI" > >> (well, not artificial, but you know what I mean). Object > recognition, > >> e.g. Then start trying to guess how much of the part that we can't > >> prove a classification for is likely to be a narrow intelligence > >> component. In my estimation (without factual backing) less than > 0.001 > >> of our intelligence is General Intellignece, possibly much less. > >> > > > > John: I agree that it may be <1%. > > > > > Oh boy, does this strike me as absurd. Don't have time for the theory > right > now, but just had to vent. Percentage estimates strike me as a bit > silly, > but if you want to aim for one, why not look at both your paragraphs, > word > by word. "Don't" "think" "might" "relatively" etc. Now which of those > words > can only be applied to a single type of activity, rather than an open- > ended > set of activities? Which cannot be instantiated in an open-ended if not > infinite set of ways? Which is not a very valuable if not key tool of a > General Intelligence, that can adapt to solve problems across domains? > Language IOW is the central (but not essential) instrument of human > general > intelligence - and I can't think offhand of a single world that is not a > tool for generalising across domains, including "Charles H." and "John > G.". > > In fact, every tool you guys use - logic, maths etc. - is similarly > general > and functions in similar ways. The above strikes me as a 99% failure to > understand the nature of general intelligence. >
Mike you are 100% potentially right with a margin of error of 110%. LOL! Seriously Mike how do YOU indicate approximations? And how are you differentiating general and specific? And declaring relative absolutes and convenient infinitudes... I'm trying to understand your argument. John ------------------------------------------- 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=98558129-0bdb63 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
