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From: johnc@ms.uky.edu (John Coppinger)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: Discover magazine's "Invasion of the Insect Robots"
Summary: discover insects
Message-ID: <1991Mar17.083659.2179@ms.uky.edu>
Date: 17 Mar 91 08:36:59 GMT
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Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences
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In article <1991Mar12.201920.18088@evax.arl.utexas.edu>, mullen@evax.arl.utexas.edu (Dan Mullen) writes:
> I find it rather ironic that after almost a half century of research in
> "artificial intelligence" we have humbly accepted our limitations and
> assumed the task of modeling insects.

When you try to run down the path before first learning to crawl,
you'll soon find yourself sprawled out in the mud only a few yards from
where you began.  I believe this happened to AI.  Perhaps it's not an
acceptance of limitations.  Rather, it's the realization that crawling is
the important first step towards running.

>   I remember reading once that 
> a mosquito with its paltry 10,000 neurons is infinitly more intelligent
> than our fastest super-computer. 

Ah, the power of parallel...


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