Re: Japanese want a 30-year Robot Program

From: Adrian Tymes (wingcat@pacbell.net)
Date: Thu Aug 21 2003 - 18:15:23 MDT

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    --- Party of Citizens <citizens@vcn.bc.ca> wrote:
    > On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 Entropyfoe@aol.com wrote:
    > > Hmmm, not very impressive, I can produce an entity
    > with the capability of a
    > > five year old in less than 6 years for well under
    > a million dollars total !
    >
    > Tell us more.

    Well, when a man loves a woman very, very much... ;P

    (Yes, I know that's not what you meant.)

    > If you want a Superhuman AI, the first question
    > would be, Which human is
    > used for comparison? One with an IQ of 50? A 1-2
    > year old human? And which
    > of the many "capabilities" are we talking about?
    > Handicapped people do not
    > have certain capabilities.

    Not to mention, certain 5 year olds can do things
    (like
    learn how to use computers) that certain "normal" 50
    year olds are incapable of.



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