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I have know brilliant people that just couldn't get by in life with out a "keeper".
In what did their brilliance consist?
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Hee hee, I've seen that. I have also seen "The Wizard's Staff has a Knob on the End" which is great for May Day.
Irina, I've stopped trying. I'm just checking every so often to see if things have gotten better. I've done so much work off line already, I don't want to fix even little things until I can upload. Oh well. Patience is a virtue.
Bev:
Yes, I have the same problem! If I work online, it will just be wiped out when I finally do upload. So sometimes I work double (what a pain, though), or I do a quick kludgy fix on line and a more satisfying elaborate fix (I presume!) offline, waiting for that wonderful day...
Yes, I have the same problem! If I work online, it will just be wiped out when I finally do upload. So sometimes I work double (what a pain, though), or I do a quick kludgy fix on line and a more satisfying elaborate fix (I presume!) offline, waiting for that wonderful day...
Hey I just saw a link on Digg to this discussion of chatterbots in Discover: http://discovermagazine.com/2007/brain/i-chat-therefore-i-am/article_print
It's about ALICE and Jabberwocky, but I think at his point, any bot chatter is good for chatterbots.
It's about ALICE and Jabberwocky, but I think at his point, any bot chatter is good for chatterbots.
We're supposed to be doing Artificial Intelligence. Well, it's pretty easy to do something artificial, but, what is intelligence?
I smell the beginning of a long discussion. 
I'll get the flippant answer out of the way first: I define intelligence as knowing when to duck.
The more serious one is going to take a while.
I'll get the flippant answer out of the way first: I define intelligence as knowing when to duck.
The more serious one is going to take a while.
Intelligence in humans is so complex, there is the general intelligence then there are all the aptitudes like art, music, math and literature. Then there is just plain old common sense. I have know brilliant people that just couldn't get by in life with out a "keeper". I do think the intelligence tests they use now are almost worthless if not just silly.
One girl I knew spoke English, Chinese and French by two. Did high school level work by seven. Burnt out at 20 and ended up drinking like a fish.
Einstein had assistants check that he shaved both sides of his face and had on two socks before lectures. His family thought he was slow when he was young, all he did was stare at walls..He was thinking.
Knew a history professor that had a photographic memory. Was brilliant. He admitted he would starve to death if his wife and family didn't feed, cloth and care for him. He was too busy thinking to be bothered.
I don't mean all geniuses are that way, but many don't fit into life in a way that others do. Many child proteges' have a tendency to lead sad lives.
Then I have know artists, that did great work, that couldn't have an IQ out of the double digit range.
Einstein had assistants check that he shaved both sides of his face and had on two socks before lectures. His family thought he was slow when he was young, all he did was stare at walls..He was thinking.
Knew a history professor that had a photographic memory. Was brilliant. He admitted he would starve to death if his wife and family didn't feed, cloth and care for him. He was too busy thinking to be bothered.
I don't mean all geniuses are that way, but many don't fit into life in a way that others do. Many child proteges' have a tendency to lead sad lives.
Then I have know artists, that did great work, that couldn't have an IQ out of the double digit range.
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