Marvin:However, the idea of adding "reasons" for these goes much further, because this makes it possible to think about making higher-level, more powerful...
Dan & anyone else interested, (Thanks BTW Dan for links) Further to my request for an evolutionary model of intelligence, I'd also like a developmental model -...
... By this definition of "simple" certainly there is no "simpler" environment then the one beyond our sensory neurons. The nicest thing about that environment...
... would ... why ... I ... I'm not even sure what "neuro"-psychology is. I assume it's about formulating brain models for explaining various aspects of...
... I can't point you at what you were specifically asking for, but one thing you will be interested in is the description of prairie dog language that Temple...
Dan:I can't point you at what you were specifically asking for, but one thing you will be interested in is the description of prairie dog language that Temple...
http://www.livescience.com/animals/prairie_dogs_041206.html Quote Linguists have set five criteria that must be met for something to qualify as language: It...
... Let's say they have an alphabet composed of three primitives: yips high-pitched barks eeks and these are combined to form 20 unique words. An interesting ...
http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~cns3/ Considering the following social and colonial diversity of of life on the prairie: Quote My primary emphasis involves elucidating...
... Well, that's pretty much horrible. Sounds like a non-linguist just sat down and wrote down the first ideas that came to mind. Nobody with so much as an...
... Well, you're probably right. But if you were presented with the word "generative" and writing a pop article for a general audience you might choose a...
... In my opinion, a lot of linguistics research has been very primitive because it came to assume that syntax is fundamental to verbal communication. (In...
... Nobody said it was easy! Coming up with the answer is what distinguishes a good science writer from a less good one. The exercise is to distinguish...
... Because it conveys the same message independent of order? Therefore syntax is not fundamental to verbal communication: Thief careless prison Careless thief...
... Only our species? If we are even halfway right, then a lot of species already have processes to convert sequences of perceptions and experiences into ...
... A set of rules (or a finite-state machine) isn't universal unless they have the right properties and the right kinds of additional internal memory, so that...
... Yes! But I would certainly like to be able to put "right properties" and a specific number to how much additional internal memory we're talking about....
... I certainly like the abstract! ... Except for the "neuroscience" category. ... Yes!!! ... OK, but where's the computational, the AI, the mind? Under ...
... UTM. I guess your and Prof. Minsky's further concerns are about just what you do with that poor UTM, but I think the point needs be remembered that the...
... A thousand blessings on you, your family, friends and neighbors! Yet, a quick scan of the eleven pages, complete with pictures of apes, birds, and...
... Well, we have quite powerful machines (UTMs) and Chomsky's generative grammar yet the best anyone has to offer is the embarrassment to AI known as the...
... Of course, I'm not too picky :) If you want to be even more accurate, it is thought to be the *space* that is expanding in the big bang theory (probably...
... Perhaps you're right about both? I believe we have the machines but I'm not so sure we have all the components of generality just right yet. JJG...
Marvin:My view is that our species has developed processes that convert sequences of sounds into internal representations. Maybe it's not meant that way, but...
JJGBecause it conveys the same message independent of order? Therefore syntax is not fundamental to verbal communication: Thief careless prison Careless thief...
Marvin: A set of rules (or a finite-state machine) isn't universal unless they have the right properties and the right kinds of additional internal memory, so...
... Can you complete the list of the ones I missed? ... If you say so. In my opinion, all of the above are ambiguous. I don't think anymore ambiguity is...
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