Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!ucsd!sdcsvax!beowulf!pluto From: pluto@beowulf.ucsd.edu (Mark E. P. Plutowski) Newsgroups: comp.ai Subject: Re: <7749@klaatu.rutgers.edu> Summary: The point. (me and my arrow) Message-ID: <5609@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU> Date: 2 Dec 88 18:08:29 GMT References: <7749@klaatu.rutgers.edu> <193600002@trsvax><5590@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU> Sender: nobody@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU Reply-To: pluto@beowulf.UCSD.EDU (Mark E. P. Plutowski) Organization: EE/CS Dept. U.C. San Diego Lines: 49 In article josh@klaatu.rutgers.edu (J Storrs Hall) writes: > > > Intelligence is the capacity to do actions, make statements, > > exercise judgement, believe knowledge, and pay attention. > >--JoSH > > To which Don Subt replies, > " ...my computer can do [such] actions... " > > To which Josh replies, > >I claim that ... you are using metaphor[s] rather than actually > >using the words in the basic senses I (and Webster) meant them. > >...To which I replied, > *You* are using words erroneously,... >...To which Josh replies: >... If you were more concerned with "discussing >these matters" and less with mindless repartee, you might have >observed that there is an element of truth on both sides. > >You might have seen that the difference between the two >interpretations has a lot to say about the nature of what >we call "intelligence". Is it the degree of interconnectedness >between the simple mechanical operations that distinguishes >knowledge from data storage, judgement from "if (i>3)"? To which I say, (I'll be short) Granted. You have a point. But when *you* get steamed over a humorous (but quite possibly valid) alternative interpretation of what you are trying to say, whose fault is it? You should thank us for pointing out these (other) interpretations for you!! :-( :-| :-} ;-) Back to the subject. Until these terms are better defined, one can be perfectly justified in claiming that they apply to current computers. Perhaps this is acceptable; if not, then the definition needs revision, since obviously from one perspective the application to computers is (although tongue firmly planted in cheek) not so far-fetched. I'm looking forward to any sound and complete defintions of: KNOWLEDGE, BELIEF, INTUITION, INDUCTION, IMAGINATION, INTELLIGENCE. believe me. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Plutowski INTERNET: pluto%cs@ucsd.edu Department of Computer Science, C-014 pluto@beowulf.ucsd.edu University of California, San Diego BITNET: pluto@ucsd.bitnet La Jolla, California 92093 UNIX:{...}!sdcsvax!beowulf!pluto