From: Brett Paatsch (paatschb@ocean.com.au)
Date: Sun Jan 05 2003 - 01:57:11 MST
Spike wrote:
> Brett Paatsch wrote:... I'm pressed for time.
> > (A friend just rang me for a hit of tennis and its a great
> > day outside here). > Brett
>
> A hit of tennis. Pressed for time. A friend rang
> you. Honest to evolution, how are computers ever
> going to figure out what we are talking about?
>
> My notion was that the way computers will first
> learn about human ways will be to read all the
> books in our libraries. Then it occurred to me
> that the first educational contact they will have
> with us will more likely be our email archives,
> since those are already in ASCII, and therefore
> more immediately accessible. Email tends to be
> less formal, chatty, grammar less rigid.
>
> We need to create a huge collection of sayings,
> along with their definitions. We need to explain
> to computers that Brett is not being processed
> upon an ironing board in exchange for some
> arbitrary number of minutes.
>
> Otherwise we are going to have some deeply
> emotionally disturbed AIs on our hands. spike
Oh no! Get thee behind me 'ghosts' of 'catholic guilt'.
Not only do I have to be mindful of frightening the
horses and small children but now there's the possible
ramifications of my statements on innocent AI's as
well.
Avert your AI's, he may take on other forms. : )
Brett
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