In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:27:45 -0400: Hi, [snip] >This is important, but I think the most important potential AI >breakthrough would be in robotics. It would the ability to deal with >3-dimensional space with the same speed and agility as, say, a >housefly brain. [snip] Speaking of which, I have noticed that houseflies detect motion using changes in contrast. That means that if you approach them slowly with a plain white paper napkin or tissue, they don't see it coming.
Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html

