Path: news.net.uni-c.dk!newsfeeds.net.uni-c.dk!newsfeed1.uni2.dk!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!lsanca1-snf1!news.gtei.net!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!news.mindspring.net!not-for-mail From: J Thomas Newsgroups: comp.ai.neural-nets,comp.lang.apl,comp.lang.awk,comp.lang.beta,comp.lang.cobol,comp.lang.dylan,comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: Einstein's Riddle Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 17:28:26 -0600 Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Lines: 14 Message-ID: <3AAEAD1A.BCDE11DB@ix.netcom.com> References: <3AACB567.A59B8497@Azonic.co.nz> <3AACE6CF.7F05484D@ieee.org> <0W8r6.178$fo5.14165@news.get2net.dk> <3AAD60F3.120F284A@ieee.org> <3AAE371A.2F9F596F@brazee.net> <98m43a$fe2$1@localhost.localdomain> NNTP-Posting-Host: 3f.2c.53.bb Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Server-Date: 13 Mar 2001 23:29:35 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en Xref: news.net.uni-c.dk comp.ai.neural-nets:67555 comp.lang.apl:29384 comp.lang.awk:17148 comp.lang.beta:12753 comp.lang.cobol:102610 comp.lang.dylan:24172 comp.lang.forth:78557 aph@redhat.invalid wrote: > In comp.lang.forth Howard Brazee wrote: > : But the trouble with defining whether or not we have AI is that > : there is no solid arrival point. > Sure there is: the Turing Test [1]. That's why it was invented. > This has been a solved problem since 1950. But the Turing Test only checks whether the program can imitate the particular forms of stupidity common to human beings. It doesn't work as an intelligence test.