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Re: The A.I. Project II

• Posted by dubetyrant at hotmail.com Nov 06, 2002
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C.K.:
I would definately agree with you about our human possibilities.
I also agree with your instinct theory,we all have a survival instinct,
and I believe its the first step in programming a.i. In addition, some of 
the lower species don't have much more than a survival instinct.
  As far as finding out what is instinctual for a worm,first of all
that would entail finding out what kind of worm we are talking about,
and then doing research on that particular kind.I remember reading
about the earthworm and being quite amazed,they are really just moving 
digestion systems.Basically,when they are working underground they
are eating their way around.As an earthworm moves,he eats and when
the food passes through its body, the refuse is used for fertilizer,
plant food.In a worms mind,if he cant eat it,he'll have to move around 
it!But whatever subject we pick,we would want to know more about that
subject before we started the project,obviously.And thats not to say
we couldn't just invent a type of worm that has instincts that we 
provide.After all, we will become,in effect,its creator!








>From: "C. K. Lester" <cklester at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: EUforum at topica.com
>To: EUforum <EUforum at topica.com>
>Subject: Re: The A.I. Project II
>Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 15:38:47 -0600
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>The primary consideration is "initial wiring," or, as I've been saying,
>"instinct."
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>Start with worm instinct, get a full-potential worm.
>Start with monkey instinct, get a full-potential monkey.
>Start with human instinct, get a full-potential human.
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>I say "full-potential" because with no enemies and in a limited-stimuli
>environment, virtual AI entities should develop extremely fast. Or maybe
>not.
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>So, we gotta figure out what's instinctual for a worm... well, for any
>entity, there's survival (sustaining one's own life force or existence),
>then there are mechanisms to help with that.
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>I also believe that there's no such thing as a "full-potential human." 
>Given
>our incredible brains, humans have unlimited potential. That's just my
>opinion. You might agree. ;)
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