there are presently two different approaches for AI projects:
CYC&COG,illustrate these two beautifully;
CYC
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In AUSTIN,TX,computer scientist Douglas b.LENAT is programming a computer called CYC(spoken as psych) with the basic facts about the worldeveryone knows,such as falling is dangerous etc,there goal is to create a 12-year old guy.the problem is 12-yr olds know a lot!!!!Lenats collegues have spent almost a decade feeding instructions into CYC,the computer now stores over one million rules!!!!!however he depends upon his programmer for feeding instructions,and can't learn on his own.
COG
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A different approach is taken by MIT prof.Rodney.A.brooks,who believes that Lenat is tackling the problem wrong way.in natural world intelligence arose as competition for survival increased.
the path to true AI as brooks says is minimal pre-programmed knowledge,what they put is massive sensory input(sight hearing and touch)coupled with artificially programmed desires,for brooks intelligence isnt reasoning,but a set of behaviours as organisms interact with the enviornment.to make this point they have constructed a series of insect-like robots that have learned to crawl accross the fields strewn with boulders,they even steal soda from students desks!!!!the latest project COG(designed the same way.
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Now,the point is that we are still trapped...if go the CYC way,the robot would be to lousy and will be easy to cheat and could't respond easily....
if we go the COG way,off course very advantageous(coupled with time consuming)but they would certainly after some time outlaw us(WITHOUT Asimov's laws off course!!!!).really a fix!imagine COG telling me what to wear on a date
CYC&COG,illustrate these two beautifully;
CYC
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In AUSTIN,TX,computer scientist Douglas b.LENAT is programming a computer called CYC(spoken as psych) with the basic facts about the worldeveryone knows,such as falling is dangerous etc,there goal is to create a 12-year old guy.the problem is 12-yr olds know a lot!!!!Lenats collegues have spent almost a decade feeding instructions into CYC,the computer now stores over one million rules!!!!!however he depends upon his programmer for feeding instructions,and can't learn on his own.
COG
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A different approach is taken by MIT prof.Rodney.A.brooks,who believes that Lenat is tackling the problem wrong way.in natural world intelligence arose as competition for survival increased.
the path to true AI as brooks says is minimal pre-programmed knowledge,what they put is massive sensory input(sight hearing and touch)coupled with artificially programmed desires,for brooks intelligence isnt reasoning,but a set of behaviours as organisms interact with the enviornment.to make this point they have constructed a series of insect-like robots that have learned to crawl accross the fields strewn with boulders,they even steal soda from students desks!!!!the latest project COG(designed the same way.
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Now,the point is that we are still trapped...if go the CYC way,the robot would be to lousy and will be easy to cheat and could't respond easily....
if we go the COG way,off course very advantageous(coupled with time consuming)but they would certainly after some time outlaw us(WITHOUT Asimov's laws off course!!!!).really a fix!imagine COG telling me what to wear on a date
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