Re: OT: How far we have come
- Posted by Jonas Temple <jtemple at yhti.net> May 03, 2004
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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? > Okay, I'll bite. Why did you lump "evangelistic religions" in the same "lowest common denominator" category as porn? Jonas