<span style="font-style: italic;">"How to Build a Mind</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic;"><p>
Chris Reed and Jesse Hoey</p><p>
Artificial Intelligence is about building systems that mimic or improve
upon traits traditionally seen as uniquely human. But with computer
grandmasters now commonplace, new challenges dominate the area. One
thing, though, hasn't changed. The field is still, after half a
century, driven by a fundamental debate about whether or not we need
symbols in order to engineer intelligent systems."</p></span><br><br>oh to be back in dundee to go check that out. glad to see the dca is still impressing. :)<br><br>there are <span style="font-style: italic;">numerous </span>excellent ideas on this topic being shared in the ted talks.<br>
<br>typing ted talks (or "tedtalks") in your browsers should take you there.<br><br>more commonly in this field seems to be the approach of rather than making the intelligence, making the evolution which naturally brings about intelligence. perhaps not suited to all needs indeed, but it's own merits have the potential to go WAY further than what we can create directly. (sez me)<br>
<br>also, here's some other name drops supposedly related for interested parties, which admittedly, i have yet to get around to looking into myself.<br>Larry Yeager's Polyworld. Kevin Coble's Neoterics. Karl Sim's multilimbed creatures (MCs). The Avida System jointly from the Digital Life Laboratory of the California Institute of Technology and the Microbial Evolution Labratory at Michigan State University.<br>
<br>thnx to Clifford A. Pickover, king of name drops for those (in his book a begginers guide to immortality).<br><br>heh, sorry, slightly outta the realm of just "linux". ;) :D .... or is it.....<br><br><div>
<span class="gmail_quote">On 19/02/2008, <b class="gmail_sendername">Simon Wells</b> <<a href="mailto:swells@computing.dundee.ac.uk">swells@computing.dundee.ac.uk</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
The forwarded message describes an event happening in the DCA<br>tomorrow night that some of you might find interesting. Chris and<br>Jesse are both colleagues of mine in the school of computing and<br>should host an entertaining talk. Both of them are Linux users but<br>
the meeting itself is about A.I.<br><br>I thought it might be of interest to some of you in the 'LUG.<br><br>Simon<br><br><br>Dr. Simon Wells<br>----------------------<br><a href="mailto:swells@computing.dundee.ac.uk">swells@computing.dundee.ac.uk</a><br>
School of Computing, Queen Mother Building, University of Dundee,<br>Dundee, DD1 4HN.<br>Tel: +44 (0)1382 386 526<br>Fax: +44 (0)1382 385 509 (FAO: Simon Wells)<br><a href="http://xev.computing.dundee.ac.uk/swells/html/home.html">http://xev.computing.dundee.ac.uk/swells/html/home.html</a><br>
<br><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br>> Please join us tomorrow night for a public discussion about<br>> artificial intelligence, history, current research, and prospects,<br>> led by Chris Reed and I. See below or <a href="http://www.dca.org.uk/">http://www.dca.org.uk/</a><br>
> events/talks.asp for more details and to book a spot.<br>><br>> Jesse<br>><br>><br>> DCA/VRC Dialogue<br>><br>> Wednesday 20 February 2008<br>> 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm<br>> DCA Meeting Room<br>><br>
> How to Build a Mind<br>><br>> Chris Reed and Jesse Hoey<br>><br>> Artificial Intelligence is about building systems that mimic or<br>> improve upon traits traditionally seen as uniquely human. But with<br>
> computer grandmasters now commonplace, new challenges dominate the<br>> area. One thing, though, hasn't changed. The field is still, after<br>> half a century, driven by a fundamental debate about whether or not<br>
> we need symbols in order to engineer intelligent systems.<br>><br><br><br>--<br>This message has been scanned for viruses and<br>dangerous content by MailScanner, and is<br>believed to be clean.<br>MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support.<br>
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