Actually Universal Artificial Intelligence<http://www.amazon.com/Universal-Artificial-Intelligence-Algorithmic-Probability/dp/3540221395>is a field of study that has rigorously proven that in a computable <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computability> universe, intelligence is precisely measured as the degree of data compression.
One can argue that the universe we live in is non-computable but for most practical purposes, particularly those where one is attempting to compare apples to apples (ie: compare computed intelligence), it is a non-issue. On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 5:14 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Click on the video here to see Watson in action: > > > http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2013/05/17/watson_oncology_diagnostic_medicine_without_the_doctor.html > > You can see this is similar to today's computer, but so much larger, > faster and more capable it is verging on something new. I think this and > the Googleplex are emergent artificial intelligence. That is the designers' > goal. > > Artificial intelligence is a little hard to define, and the definition has > shifted over time, but however you define it I think these machines will > partially fit your definition. > > > Here is another remarkable breakthrough. A 19-year-old has made a improved > self-driving car for $4,000. He won the Intel award: > > > https://www.societyforscience.org/sslpage.aspx?pid=833&erid=4001456&trid=fd7be24a-decc-4317-ace5-20154d3c1558 > > > > And in the category of other interesting stuff, here is Arthur Clarke in > 1974 describing the Internet with remarkable accuracy: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=OIRZebE8O84#! > > - Jed > >
