I do wonder though if you can have an intelligent entity that does not take any input. Basically just a pattern generator/injector on output streams or internal data store. Would it have to do pattern matching internally? Just wondering if pattern matching could be thrown out of the equation completely.
John > > > I think that pattern matching is crucial, and pretty basic. It's also > not sufficient. Calling it ancillary is improperly denigrating it's > centrality and importance. Asserting that it's all that's needed, > however, is WAY overstating it's importance. Saying "All AIs will be, > at their core, pattern matching machines." is overstating the importance > of pattern matching so much that it's grotesque, but pattern matching > WILL be very central, and one of the basic modes of thought. Think of > asserting that "All computers will be, at their core, adding machines." > to get what appears to me to be the right feeling tone. > ----- 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&id_secret=26932623-39fcd5
