Computing Evolution

[Brian Fahrlander]

Chan Chung Hang Christopher wrote:
> We cannot even fully understand how the brain works let alone how the 
> mind exists and you want to talk about artificial INTELLIGENCE?
>   
    Did we understand how the brain works when creating a desktop 
metaphor starting with simple switches and vacuum tubes? People tend to 
think a) Everything they do has a clear goal, and b) It's worth reaching.

    Look how many well-trained businessmen change meaningless parts 
(think: Compaq and their Torx-headed screws) will make them into the 
next, indispensable IBM? What was on IBM's mind when they struck the 
accord with Bill Gates for the PC?

    It's not about neurons; it's about logic. Objective logic. When the 
newspaper comes do we ever answer the phone to retrieve it? When the 
waiter brings food, do we go to the garage to get it installed?  Life as 
we know it has a 'way' about it. It's time computers start to understand 
such things.
> Speech recognition has reached a fair level if you ask me but I suppose 
> you are talking about INTELLIGENT processing of speech by 
> computers...well, that is not going to happen. The most one can expect 
> is speech triggers.
>   
    Yeah, speech is stalled. Remember the last time cellphones were 
using it to simply dial phone numbers?  Anyone still doing that?  
There's a reason.
> Why would a kernel have anything to do with this stuff? It is more how 
> will GNOME/KDE/GNU/more complete environment make use of such new 
> technology
    We managed to interconnect computers without synapses; we can even 
get them to grab audio-n-video to get caught up on our information. Real 
ground can be taken, but not in arguing over window-manager decorations 
or trivial stuff.

    It's about flexible logic; the case-insensative search. The fuzzy 
match. The XML that doesn't fail if things aren't as expected, but 
instead returns what it 'knows' how.  That's where progress awaits.

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 Brian Fahrländer                 Christian, Conservative, and Technomad
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