Reunion of AI pioneers: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/08/science/08sail.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=markoff%20%22artificial%20intelligence%22&st=cse
-tj On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 4:16 PM, Pamela McCorduck <pam...@well.com> wrote: > Most of early AI was heuristics, not algorithms. Some algorithms were > incorporated into expert systems, in the belief that if an algorithm could > solve the problem, fine; if not, heuristics might. But it was always > *might*. True, computers can't solve all problems, neither can humans. > > P. > > > > "A cold coming we had of it, > Just the worst time of the year > For a journey, and such a long journey; > The ways deep and the weather sharp. > The very dead of winter." > > T.S. Eliot > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > -- ========================================== J. T. Johnson Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA www.analyticjournalism.com 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) http://www.jtjohnson.com t...@jtjohnson.com "Be Your Own Publisher" http://indiepubwest.com ==========================================
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