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Comment author: brazil84 31 July 2011 09:16:22PM 0 points [-]

my point that there is no meaningful distinction between relying on pre-programmed algorithms, and (algorithmically) coming up with new ones on the fly,

Then again my question: Why not program such a meta-algorithm into Watson?

Comment author: Sniffnoy 31 July 2011 09:27:08PM 0 points [-]

I still don't think you're saying what you mean. The question doesn't make any sense. The answer to the question you probably intended to ask is, "Because the people writing Watson didn't know how to do so in a way that would solve the problem, and presumably nobody currently does". I mean, I think I get your point, but...

Comment author: brazil84 31 July 2011 09:37:30PM 1 point [-]

Because the people writing Watson didn't know how to do so in a way that would solve the problem, and presumably nobody currently does

Fine, so it's a bit like the state of rocket science in 1900. They had crude military rockets but did not know how to make the kind of really destructive stuff that would come 100 years later. As I said, AI still has a way to go.

Comment author: Sniffnoy 31 July 2011 11:24:13PM 1 point [-]

Oh, yeah, of course. :)

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