--- Lúcio de Souza Coelho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 6/4/07, Tom McCabe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > So there's you're problem! You're demanding a > system > > that works, however badly. Any computer programmer > can > > tell you that you will not get a system that works > at > > all without doing a large percentage of the work > > needed to implement a system that works *well*. So > you > > can see a model of the human brain that has a lot > of > > the ideas of AI in place already, and go "well, it > > isn't fully intelligent yet, so it doesn't count" > and > > go on ignoring the parts that we have implemented. > (...) > > As it happens, I *am* a programmer. And I would > gladly accept your > gradualistic argument, if the Blue Brain had AI > goals.
And what exactly is an "AI goal"? An AI can have any goal system. Even if no goal system is explicitly programmed in, it might very well still show behavior that is directed towards particular states. > But it is > guided toward neuroscience... *Perhaps* insights > obtained with the > Blue Brain will be used in some fields of AI, but to > point the Blue > Brain project as it is now as an example of > "simulation of human mind" > sounds like a falacy of undue amplification... It is a simulation of certain aspects of the human mind; calling it a simulation of the whole thing is indeed a gross exaggeration. > ----- > This list is sponsored by AGIRI: > http://www.agiri.org/email > To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: > http://v2.listbox.com/member/?&; > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Yahoo! Autos new Car Finder tool. http://autos.yahoo.com/carfinder/ ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=4007604&user_secret=7d7fb4d8
