RE: The A.I. Project II
- Posted by "C. K. Lester" <cklester at yahoo.com> Nov 07, 2002
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> http://www.emsl.pnl.gov:2080/proj/neuron/neural/what.html Site: "Another way of classifying ANN types is by their method of learning (or training), as some ANNs employ supervised training while others are referred to as unsupervised or self-organizing." Me: "unsupervised or self-organizing" - obviously they don't know what they're talking about. No intelligent being that we know of is able to go from instinct to intelligence on its own, simply because it must come from an instinct-only stage, during which it is at its most vulnerable. Site: "Supervised training is analogous to a student guided by an instructor." Me: The presupposition here is that the student has LEARNED HOW TO LEARN. With AI, though, you cannot just start out with an advanced learner. It's IMPOSSIBLE. An "advanced learner" is way too complex for you to create in the first place. When you try and create an "advanced learner," you've simply created an expert system with all your own biases. The AI entity has to start out much simpler, with the tools (hardware+instincts) to learn (just like the only intelligent creatures we know must do). Site: "Unsupervised algorithms essentially perform clustering of the data into similar groups based on the measured attributes or features serving as inputs to the algorithms. This is analogous to a student who derives the lesson totally on his or her own." Me: What beginning intelligent creature have you ever known was able to learn on its own from the start? Sure, LATER, after it became an advanced learner did it learn how to acquire knowledge itself... but it couldn't start like that.