OpenEuphoria

Re: OT: How far we have come

• Posted by irv mullins <irvm at ellijay.com> May 03, 2004
• 435 views

Kat wrote:
> 
> On 2 May 2004, at 21:34, Kat wrote:
> > 
> > Nope, not jesting. I see no point in pursuing Ai further. Expert systems
> > might
> > have a commercial success, but not much beyond second-guessing humans, and
> > not
> > really believed in any subject when it comes to the bottom line. Answering
> > questions is just data retrieval, and is a much smaller problem area. But
> > still,
> > if the predominate questions people pose are the lowest common denominators:
> > porn, evangelistic religions, and xenophobic tribalism,,, then why would
> > they
> > listen to a computer for anything important?
> 
> It's been a while, and no one has a comeback.. no feedback? I'm correct, no 
> questions asked? WOW! 

I think you are correct. I think that intelligence is not so much a function 
of what a person (or a computer, if you will) knows, but how aware they are of
what
they don't know. And I think that 'awareness' will come to computers long 
after it comes to humans. 

Irv