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From: dobro@ulowell.UUCP (Chet Dobro)
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Subject: Um, ...
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Date: Mon, 24-Feb-86 17:59:07 EST
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I have a question/observation/assumption that may be totally invalid, and
I fully expect to get jumped all over about, but here it is:

One of the biggest problems AI'ers seem to be having with there machines is
one of data access. Now, a human [or other sentient life-form :-)] has a
large pool of experience (commonly refered to as a swamp) that he/she/it has
access to.

It is linked together in many obscure ways (as shown by word-association
games) so that for any given thought (or problem) there are a vast number
(ususally) of (not-necessarily) connected replies.

Thinking of that swamp as a form of data-base, does the problem then boil
down to one of finding a path-key that would let you access all of the
cross-referances quickly?

Thoughts, please?  (Hopefully constructive...)


						Gryphon