Re: Moravec Interviewed by BBC

From: Franklin Wayne Poley (culturex@vcn.bc.ca)
Date: Fri Aug 25 2000 - 19:10:43 MDT


On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Franklin Wayne Poley wrote:

> On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, J. R. Molloy wrote:
>
> > > And measured for practical purposes by the solutions or answers?
> > > FWP
> >
> > Yes.
>
> OK, then how well can we design humanoid robots to come up with the
> solutions or answers? (The end justifies the means when it comes to
> humanoid philosophy). In which cases are humanoids inferior to humans and
> in which cases are they superior when it comes to delivering these
> solutions/answers by whatever means?
> FWP

Let's try listing these mental abilities for comparing profiles:

memory of all kinds
spatial/mapping/visualization abilities
logic of all kinds
verbal abilities
other?

On which would humanoids with state-of-the-art technology (no budgetary
limitations) surpass humans and vice-versa?
FWP

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