Examples of the kind of similarity I'm thinking of: -- The analogy btw chess or go and military strategy
-- The analogy btw "roughhousing" and actual fighting In logical terms, these are intensional rather than extensional similarities ben On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 9:38 AM, Mike Tintner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Ben:If an intelligent system has a goal G which is time-consuming or > difficult to achieve ... > it may then synthesize another goal G1 which is easier to achieve > We then have the uncertain syllogism > > Achieving G implies reward > G1 is similar to G > > Ben, > > The be-all and end-all here though, I presume is "similarity". Is it a > logic-al concept? Finding similarities - rough likenesses as opposed to > rational, precise, logicomathematical commonalities - is actually, I would > argue, a process of imagination and (though I can't find a ready term) > physical/embodied improvisation. Hence rational, logical, computing > approaches have failed to produce any new (in the normal sense of > "surprising") metaphors or analogies or be creative. > > Maybe you could give an example of what you mean by similarity > > ------------------------------ > *agi* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/> | > Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com> > -- Ben Goertzel, PhD CEO, Novamente LLC and Biomind LLC Director of Research, SIAI [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be first overcome " - Dr Samuel Johnson ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=111637683-c8fa51 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
