Path: news.net.uni-c.dk!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.mathworks.com!news.shore.net!not-for-mail From: "Gary Chanson" Newsgroups: comp.ai.neural-nets,comp.lang.apl,comp.lang.awk,comp.lang.beta,comp.lang.cobol,comp.lang.dylan,comp.lang.forth 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$1@localhost.localdomain> <3AAFB378.AB166E8C@ieee.org> <98q3f1$bid$1@localhost.localdomain> <3AB0DFC6.FC100A64@ieee.org> <98sq19$ton$1@localhost.localdomain> <3AB61B58.CF536ECA@brazee.net> Subject: Re: Einstein's Riddle Lines: 27 Organization: Starquest Systems X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Message-ID: Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 21:23:05 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.192.240.183 X-Complaints-To: abuse@shore.net X-Trace: news.shore.net 985054751 209.192.240.183 (Mon, 19 Mar 2001 21:19:11 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 21:19:11 EST Xref: news.net.uni-c.dk comp.ai.neural-nets:67656 comp.lang.apl:29478 comp.lang.awk:17267 comp.lang.beta:12806 comp.lang.cobol:102955 comp.lang.dylan:24241 comp.lang.forth:78709 Howard Brazee wrote in message news:3AB61B58.CF536ECA@brazee.net... > aph@redhat.invalid wrote: > > > Sure, you could label a teapot intelligent if you wanted but no-one > > would have to agree. The magic of Turing's test is that they would > > agree. > > But if you're writing an AI application, Turing's is probably not relevant. > We don't need a computer to act like people, we have plenty of people > available to do that. We need an AI program to do specific tasks with > intelligence tailored to those tasks. Unless the goal is to automate a task normally done by people with some (possibly minimal) intelligence. For example, telephone operator. The goal here would be very similar to a Turing test. -- -GJC -gchanson@shore.net -Abolish Public Schools.