From: Dan Fabulich (daniel.fabulich@yale.edu)
Date: Tue Dec 19 2000 - 13:39:52 MST
Eliezer S. Yudkowsky wrote:
> I feel obligated to point out that a series of incorrect definitions by
> "other people" does not necessarily mean that the "AI people" have
> produced real learning. It could just mean that the laymen are just as
> bad at defining learning as the academics, but have a better ability to
> recognize flat failure when they see it.
There's a lot of disparaging things you can say about Deep Blue, but
"flat failure," I think, surely isn't one of them.
I feel obligated to agree with your point, however.
-Dan
-unless you love someone-
-nothing else makes any sense-
e.e. cummings
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