Re: Storing data and code in a Db with LISP-like interface
Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 18:50:10 GMT
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"Marshall Spight" <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Neo wrote:
> > One can't know the requirements ahead of
> > time in AI-type apps.
>
> One writes software to fulfull requirements. This is the definition
> of "requirement." If one does not know the requirements, one
> cannot write software.
>
>
> Marshall
>
And, ironically, enough, it's incorrect.
The requirement for the AI app (note the definite article), is simple: given any situation that would call for a human to use human intelligence to respond to, respond in the same way a reasonably intelligent person would.
This is a simply stated requirement. It's not even that hard to check a purported system to see if it meets the requirement.
Consider the Turing test. Nowadays, with the ubituitous internet and
usenet, it's an ideal ground for trying to pass of programs as real people.
But then again, AI bots would be likely to come up with lame phrases like:
"Please define the word 'define'."