Path: news.net.uni-c.dk!howland.erols.net!cyclone2.usenetserver.com!news-sjo.usenetserver.com!news-out.usenetserver.com!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!sn-xit-01!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: "Geoff Summerhayes" 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, 20 Mar 2001 13:18:01 -0500 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: 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$1@localhost.localdomain> <98vjh9$p2g$1@news.igs.net> X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Lines: 28 Xref: news.net.uni-c.dk comp.ai.neural-nets:67666 comp.lang.apl:29502 comp.lang.awk:17278 comp.lang.beta:12811 comp.lang.cobol:102986 comp.lang.dylan:24249 comp.lang.forth:78732 "William Tanksley" wrote in message news:slrn9be0sj.mug.wtanksle@dolphin.openprojects.net... > On Sat, 17 Mar 2001 06:40:54 -0500, donald tees wrote: > >"William Tanksley" wrote in message > > >> Frankly, I'm not interested in a system that could pass the Turing test. I > >> already know how to produce such a system in fairly short order. I'm more > >> interested in systems which fail the Turing test yet are intelligent. > > >Where is your Nobel prize? > > The problem is the cost of the setup. I'm working on it! I need to get a > license first, and some other preliminaries. After that it should be > between three and five years before I'm able to run my first Turing test. > I'm entirely confident that my results will be reproducible; the level of > education required to achieve a Turing-capable system is VERY low, and the > only reason I'm spending so much is that I want to do it right. > I'm impressed, to think of all the man-years those MIT guys wasted only to have you come along and say `Oh that's trivial, give me 3-5 years, problem solved'. Let me guess, the prototype will bear a striking resemblance to actor Brent Spiner, but it will understand the punchlines. *chuckle* Geoff