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To: Bill Jackson who wrote (65699)	12/14/2001 5:01:42 PM
From: tcmay	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 275872

"Tim, It seems you may be reluctant to admit there is some validity to the comments about AI that differ with yours." No, as my issue was mainly with: 1. The claim by "zofsilence" that Intel's "Open CV" computer vision software package is AI. 2. Bringing LISP into the discussion. As I explained, Intel's Open CV is a set of computer vision types of routines, having essentially nothing to do with LISP, Prolog, or any other such language. Arguing what AI is or is not is interesting, but has nothing to do with Open CV. "Now an AI is a program that emulates a true intelligence...right?" No. I suggest you do some reading. Most of the work over the past 30 years has had nothing to do with "emulating a true intelligence" (whatever that means). "Now in a real world situation this would involve a sea of assorted inputs from senses or other sources that constitute the situation the AI needs to respond to...right? That appears to be a situation where the AI will have to constantly jump from one task to another in response to the weighted priorities of these tasks...right? " A computer vision application is typically much more similar to image processing (matric manipulations, for example) than to "jump from one task" in the way you describe. As I said, I set up Intel's image processing group and then started its AI group. "Conversely a video game or a matrix calculation will have long sequences of calculations that are very queuable and whose sequence is known thus are just the type that the P-4 would like and do well at. One would expect that the P-4 woult beat the Athlon XP at this task.right?" Open CV is a package of image processing routines, yes. It has nothing to do with "emulating a true intelligence" (whatever that means). I made no claim that P4 would do better, or worse, than Athlon. I was refuting the disinformation perpetuated by Dan3. You folks need to do some reading. You pontificate in this thread about things you know absolutely nothing about. Inexcusable. --Tim May