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> Yes, because it is general purpose intelligence. Right, but playing jeopardy is far more general than instructing a computer to sort an array, so why do you
by bnegreve 13y ago
> Yes, because it is general purpose intelligence.
Right, but playing jeopardy is far more general than instructing a computer to sort an array, so why do you think that we are on the wrong path?
- simonh 13y agoI am sure basic algorithmic techniques like knowing how to sort an array are likely to be very useful when building an AI, or at least some forms of AI, but an array sorting algorithm is not itself a general purpose artificial intelligence and neither are Deep Blue, etc. As Hofstadter explains in the article, far better than I could, these applications are not contributing to progress in developing software that understands the data it is manipulating. I recommend reading the article, or even better GEB itself, it's very illuminating.