Matt Mahoney wrote:
--- Richard Loosemore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
When a computer processes a request like "how many teaspoons in a cubic
parsec?" it can extract the "meaning" of the question by a relatively
simple set of syntactic rules and question templates.
But when you ask it a question like "how many dildos are there on the
planet?" [Try it] you find that google cannot answer this superficially
similar question because it requires more intelligence in the
question-analysis mechanism.
And just how would you expect your AGI to answer the question? The first step
in research is to find out if someone else has already answered it. It may
have been answered but Google can't find it because it only indexes a small
fraction of the internet. It may also be that some dildo makers are privately
held and don't release sales figures. In any case your AGI is either going to
output a number or "I don't know", neither of which is more helpful than
Google. If it does output a number, you are still going to want to know where
it came from.
But this discussion is tiresome. I would not have expected you to anticipate
today's internet in 1978. I suppose when the first search engine (Archie) was
released in 1990, you probably imagined that all search engines would require
you to know the name of the file you were looking for.
If you have a better plan for AGI, please let me know.
I do. I did already.
You are welcome to ask questions about it at any time (see
http://susaro.com/publications).
I will release more details about my plan as time goes on, and taking
into account business pressures to keep some information proprietary.
Richard Loosemore
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