Re: [agi] Natural versus formal AI interface languages

2006-11-04 Thread Matt Mahoney
Ben, The test you described (Easter Egg Hunt) is a perfectly good example of the type of test I was looking for. When you run the experiment you will no doubt repeat it many times, adjusting various parameters. Then you will evaluate by how many eggs are found, how fast, and the extent to whic

Re: Re: Re: [agi] Natural versus formal AI interface languages

2006-11-04 Thread Ben Goertzel
On 11/4/06, Russell Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 11/4/06, Ben Goertzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I of course don't think that SHRDLU vs. AGISim is a fair comparison. Agreed. SHRDLU didn't even try to solve the real problems - for the simple and sufficient reason that it was impossibl

Re: [agi] Natural versus formal AI interface languages

2006-11-04 Thread John Scanlon
I'll keep this short, just to weigh in a vote - I completely agree with this.  AGI will be measured by what we recognize as intelligent behavior and the usefulness of that intelligence for tasks beyond the capabilities of ordinary software.  Normal metrics don't apply.     Russell Wallace wr