Xref: utzoo comp.ai:2699 talk.philosophy.misc:1614 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!ogccse!blake!uw-beaver!teknowledge-vaxc!sri-unix!garth!smryan From: smryan@garth.UUCP (Steven Ryan) Newsgroups: comp.ai,talk.philosophy.misc Subject: Re: Artificial Intelligence and Intelligence Message-ID: <1972@garth.UUCP> Date: 23 Nov 88 23:36:44 GMT References: <1967@xyzzy.UUCP> Reply-To: smryan@garth.UUCP (Steven Ryan) Organization: INTERGRAPH (APD) -- Palo Alto, CA Lines: 13 I've heard mazerunners define intelligence as the ability to learn. Place motivated rats, dogs, humans, .... in a maze and see how many trials it takes for them to learn the maze. Well, this isn't math, so maybe the Pope will be quiet. -- -- s m ryan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As loners, Ramdoves are ineffective in making intelligent decisions, but in groups or wings or squadrons or whatever term is used, they respond with an esprit de corps, precision, and, above all, a ruthlessness...not hatefulness, that implies a wide ranging emotional pattern, just a blind, unemotional devotion to doing the job.....