Hi, Neal.

--- "Alexi (Neal Bouffard)"  wrote:

> Aye, there's certainly a degree of "What is intelligence?" which 
> comes up here.  But to be fair, when all is said and done, there is
> no real definition of that as of yet - 

Which is one part of my belief that artificial intelligence is a
thorough oxymoron.  I believe quite strongly that intelligence is an
unquantifiable phenomenon.  We can't know, really, what it is, yet we
have people who are saying they can reproduce it.

> However, I tend to consider that a computer is no worse off than a 
> brain, which is ultimately a biological computer - in which case
> it's a software problem.  (Probably also a firmware problem, but
> still...)

I equate "brain" with hardware and "mind" with software
myself.  The
difficulty with machinery, as I see it, is that machinery has no
ability to spontaneously capture data, correlate it with previous
data, assign variable values to the two sets of data, and then
reprogram itself as required to assign the higher value precedence.

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Fear of corrupting the mind of the younger generation is 
the loftiest of cowardice. --Holbrook Jackson

>From the Lair of Fang-Face DreamWeaver
and The Encyclopedia Michael Nellis
http://www.angelfire.com/scifi/dreamweaver/index.html

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