[thelist] Re: philosophical or possibly somewhat OT
Luther, Ron
Ron.Luther at hp.com
Mon Mar 24 14:50:53 CST 2003
Carol Stein asked:
>>To return to the real topic: Can anyone think of something we can do with
>>an RIA appropriately?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Hi Carol,
I'll bite.
Although I've always had an interest in AI, I believe I'm in agreement with
the 'experts' that it takes more of a simulated personality than "intelligence", per se, to pass a Turing test.
And although those kinds of creations can have many uses - I think I
dread most of them: an automated insurance claims machine with a 'bad
attitude' calculated and 'tuned' to minimize claims, an automated IRS
interrogator, automated 'friendly' telemarketing 'agents', a pentium-based
dial-a-porn service, etc. ... Bleah!
Furthermore, (as long as I'm kind of ranting), no matter how many heuristic
algorithms you program - an 'expert system' is still a tool and it's
"recommended advice" needs to be filtered by a wetware being. ;-)
So where do I think RIA has a positive future?
I'd point to military and exploration opportunities ... say we drop a few
thousand mechanical "ants" on Mars and leave them there for a few decades
to gather surface data ... and collect the information later. I think that's
a good use of the technology.
I'd also like to see an abstract math implementation. I think we could
develop a 'predicate calculus' for describing math elements, program
the 'rules' [like contra positive] for proving a theorem ... and let the box
crunch away at a high rate of dedicated sleepless speed ... printing out
results that meet some preset criterion for 'interestingness'.
Anyway, that's a start on my 2¢,
RonL.
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