Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: [agi] A question on the symbol-system hypothesis

2006-12-04 Thread Ben Goertzel
> Well, of course they can be explained by me -- but the acronym for > that sort of explanation is "BS" I take your point with important caveats (that you allude to). Yes, nearly all decisions are made as reflexes or pattern-matchings on what is effectively compiled knowledge; however, it is the

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: [agi] A question on the symbol-system hypothesis

2006-12-04 Thread Mark Waser
On the other hand, I think that lack of compilation is going to turn out to be a *very* severe problem for non-massively parallel systems - Original Message - From: "Ben Goertzel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 1:00 PM Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re:

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: [agi] A question on the symbol-system hypothesis

2006-12-04 Thread Ben Goertzel
But I'm not at all sure how important that difference is . . . . With the brain being a massively parallel system, there isn't necessarily a huge advantage in "compiling knowledge" (I can come up with both advantages and disadvantages) and I suspect that there are more than enough surprises that