Robots again

From: Andrew Davie <adavie_at_mad.scientist.com>
Date: Mon Mar 16 06:19:20 1998

On this subject, I'm interested in where CYC fits in. Hasn't the cyc "baby"
been running for a number of years? I really should look this up myself,
shouldn't I? I will.

Cheers
A

>So, the connectionists tried to create machines and structures modeled
>after the brain, but they didn't get too far. Let's say that you build
>an OS and a programming language that allows you to accurately model a
>brain. If you stick a human brain in front of a newspaper, you get
>nothing. So add some input devices and actuators. Now you stick a baby
>in front of a newspaper -- still nothing. So let the baby run for a
>while, experience a variety of sensations, make a whole bunch of
>associations, stick it in front of many newpapers and many non-newspapers
>for many years, and finally you get a pretty good character recognizer.
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