Matt has drawn our attention to a major advance in AI, under the heading above: > > > > Well, if computers can learn to use "actual common sense", that will certainly give them victory over many of the humans I know. Keep us posted. > > Matt and I have battled over computers and AI. The following article by a philosopher of science fits my thoughts exactly. Watson will never know it won. Some common sense memory, yes, consciousness never! > > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703407304576154313126987674.html?KEYWORDS... think you've missed some of my recent discussion about the topic. I no longer view AI as a possibility based on the current architectural models that we currently use. If we have any hope of modeling the mind, we at a minimum need to be able to truly mimic its structure.-A rule in computer design: everything is faster in hardware. If the hardware doesn't match the problem domain, you're lost.-Thank you HP and your memristors.

Matt has drawn our attention to a major advance in AI, under the heading above: > > Well, if computers can learn to use "actual common sense", that will certainly give them victory over many of the humans I know. Keep us posted.-Matt and I have battled over computers and AI. The following article by a philosopher of science fits my thoughts exactly. Watson will never know it won. Some common sense memory, yes, consciousness never!-http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703407304576154313126987674.html?KEYWORDS=John+Searle

Matt has drawn our attention to a major advance in AI, under the heading above: > > http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9209661/IBM_s_Watson_s_ability_to_converse_is_a_... > > The ability to converse is certainly a great advance for a computer, but "Victory Over Human Intelligence"? What age human? > > However, here's an interesting extract: > > Chu-Carroll said computers may be learning to use actual common sense over the next five to 10 years. > "I would like to see computers be more able to understand the world much better," she added. "We're trying to code rules of common sense knowledge. Rain is wet. Dogs are animals. We'd like to address this in a more scalable way. Maybe computers could learn some of this from reading books and use them to augment their knowledge." > > Well, if computers can learn to use "actual common sense", that will certainly give them victory over many of the humans I know. Keep us posted.-Yeah... I left the title provocative for a reason. But your last line here is a howler!