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From: jmunkki@hila.hut.fi (Juri Munkki)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Fuzzy Processors (was Re: 64-bit microprocessors)
Keywords: self-correcting
Message-ID: <1990Sep1.213145.23332@santra.uucp>
Date: 1 Sep 90 21:31:45 GMT
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In article <600@suns01.UUCP> yilmazer@suns01.Nowhere (Sedat Yilmazer) writes:
>>In article <BECKMANN.90Aug15211716@endor.harvard.edu> beckmann@endor.harvard.edu (Gary Beckmann) writes:
>>>don't seem to realize that a machine that thinks fuzzily will be as
>>>prone to mistakes as a human -- and for the same reasons.
>>>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>In article <1990Aug16.211919.6468@hoss.unl.edu> savel@hoss.unl.edu (Bharat P. Savel) writes:
>>
>>quite on the contrary; it is supposed to be 'self-correcting';
>                                              ???????????????
> After you made the mistake ??? ( "Sorry for that bridge, it was designed
>by an expert system but we are sure that that will not happem again. ?:) )

Ok, so we put in a regular processor. Let the fuzzy processing unit come up
with ideas and the vague stuff and feed that information to the regular
processor for verification. I don't think that fuzzy logic computers are
going to be used for building bridges any time soon. Their best uses are
in fields where humans are currently better. The advantage of using a
computer instead of a human is that you get a much faster interface
between the computer and the fuzzy thinker. (Of course it is often
cheaper to hire a fuzzy computer than a human.)

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