From: Randall R Schulz <rschulz@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [ontolog-forum] IBM Watson's Final Jeopardy error "explanation"
To: doug@xxxxxxxxxx, "[ontolog-forum] " <ontolog-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Friday, February 18, 2011, 12:18 AM

On Thursday February 17 2011, doug foxvog wrote:
> On Thu, February 17, 2011 16:47, Pavithra said:
> > Dr Sowa, Leo, Patrick and Ron,
> >
> > Thanks for all the background information about AI. It is amazing
> > to see how many people and how many years people have worked until
> > someone got to the point where Watson, the man made computer is at
> > present..
> >
> > ... now computers can think like humans and respond in a dynamic
> > environment..( okay with textual input, and not voice in this
> > case)
>
> Nothing indicates that Watson thinks like a human.

What would indicate that a constructed intelligence thinks like a human?
What is the significance of thinking like a human?
Is it about the methods and means or about the outcome?


> > ...
>
> -- doug f


Randall Schulz

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