Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!dg1v+ From: dg1v+@andrew.cmu.edu (David Greene) Newsgroups: comp.ai Subject: Re: Artificial vs. ''real'' intelligence Message-ID: Date: 5 Jul 90 12:34:15 GMT References: <1990Jul2.182411.4441@king.mcs.drexel.edu>, <376@bohra.cpg.oz> Organization: Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 26 In-Reply-To: <376@bohra.cpg.oz> Excerpts from netnews.comp.ai: 4-Jul-90 Re: Artificial vs. ''real''.. Anthony Shipman@bohra.cp (2032) > Counterargument: No machine does nor can flap its wings well enough to > fly but > many fly nonetheless. And better than birds do. I don't disagree with your post and I suspect your "counterargument" was meant lightly, however, it highlights an important point: The machines that man built to fly serve a different purpose than those in nature -- I don't see man's as inherently "better". Just like mainframes that can do a higher volumes of computation much faster, so to can jet planes fly higher volumes faster... the problem for AI is building a machine that is small and fast enough to flit from tree to tree dodging whatever lies in between. -David -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Perry Greene || ARPA: dg1v@andrew.cmu.edu GSIA /Robotics || dpg@isl1.ri.cmu.edu Carnegie Mellon Univ. || BITNET: dg1v%andrew@vb.cc.cmu.edu Pittsburgh, PA 15213 || UUCP: !harvard!andrew.cmu.edu!dg1v -------------------------------------------------------------------- "You're welcome to use my opinions, just don't get them all wrinkled."