From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Fri Apr 12 2002 - 01:52:57 MDT
Mike Linksvayer wrote:
>>I've missed where the 1:1000 time base was coming from. It is a completely
>>off-the-wall number, especially if not linked to a specific technology,
>>and specific stage of development.
>>
>
> I made it up, in response to discounting of distributed AI because it'd
> be S-L-O-W. So I threw a number out there in an attempt scare up some
> thoughts along the lines of "Ok, distributed AI running over existing
> networks can't happen, but if speed is the issue, at some point our
> networks are no longer too S-L-O-W. What is that point?"
>
If you need to do any reasonably fast, or even as fast as
neurons propagate information (200hz), exchange of much
information with systems as far away as the other side of the
world (or even more than about a thousand miles) then you have
problems due to speed of light limits. You might have local
units and drones that far away but I don't see how you can make
a mind a million times faster than human minds distributed over
that kind of area. But perhaps the flu bug attempting to bite
me tonight is addling my wits. What am I missing?
- samantha
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