Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!uwvax!uwslh!lishka From: lishka@uwslh.UUCP (Fish-Guts) Newsgroups: comp.ai Subject: Re: Defining Machine Intelligence. Message-ID: <408@uwslh.UUCP> Date: 7 Dec 88 23:52:01 GMT References: <484@soleil.UUCP> <4216@homxc.UUCP> <401@uwslh.UUCP> <1111@dukeac.UUCP> <404@uwslh.UUCP> <713@quintus.UUCP> <405@uwslh.UUCP> <622@htsa.uucp> <42361@linus.UUCP> Reply-To: lishka@uwslh.UUCP (Fish-Guts) Organization: U of Wisconsin-Madison, State Hygiene Lab Lines: 45 In article <42361@linus.UUCP> bwk@mbunix (Barry Kort) writes: >In article <622@htsa.uucp> fransvo@htsa.UUCP (Frans van Otten) writes: > > > In article <405@uwslh.UUCP> lishka@uwslh.UUCP (Fish-Guts) writes: > > > > (3) "Let's build a machine that can reason about its surroundings, > > > and is aware of itself and its relation to the surrounding > > > environment" > > > How would you define 'being aware of (itself, its surroundings, etc)' ? > >An artificial sentient being would have sensor systems (e.g. vision, >audition, olfaction) through which it would acquire data about its >environment. It would integrate this sensory data into an internal >map or model. One of the objects in the system's environment is >the sentient being, itself, so it would need to represent itself as >one part of the world, too. With this map, it can navigate through the >environment and interact with other objects (including other sentient >beings). [Sorry I didn't respond earlier, but I've been bogged down with school] Mr. Kort's explanation is close to what I had in mind. I think could be considered "aware" if it was able to realize it was a distinct object in the environment and that it was different from other objects (including other machines just like itself). Now, in the tradition of "recursive" definitions (as in many dictionaries), I haven't defined what "realization" is for a machine. In this case I think "realization" would be some sort of proof that it could give to us that showed it was indeed a distinct and unique object (or being, or sentient, or whatever you want to call it). This last definition seems like YATTV (Yet Another Turing Test Variant). It's amazing how these explanations degenerate so quickly! ;-) I hope that answers the original posters question. .oO Chris Oo. -- Christopher Lishka ...!{rutgers|ucbvax|...}!uwvax!uwslh!lishka Wisconsin State Lab of Hygiene lishka%uwslh.uucp@cs.wisc.edu Immunology Section (608)262-1617 lishka@uwslh.uucp "I'm not aware of too many things... I know what I know if you know what I mean" -- Edie Brickell & the New Bohemians