Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mitel!sce!cognos!dgbt!thom From: thom@dgbt.uucp (Thom Whalen) Newsgroups: comp.ai Subject: Re: The difference between machine and human intelligence (was: AI and Intelligence) Message-ID: <960@dgbt.uucp> Date: 23 Nov 88 15:59:16 GMT References: <401@uwslh.UUCP> Organization: CRC, Ottawa CANADA Lines: 18 From article <401@uwslh.UUCP>, by lishka@uwslh.UUCP (Fish-Guts): > I propose that a machine without human-like senses cannot "understand" > many ideas and imagery the way a human does, simply because it will > not be able to perceive its surroundings in the same way as a human. > Any comments? Do you believe that Helen Keller "understood many ideas and imagery the way a human does? She certainly lacked much of the sensory input that we normally associate with intelligence. ---------------------------------- Thom Whalen "Someday I'll make a signature" >