2014-04-26 10:52:28 -04:00
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Some AI Koans
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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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Sussman attains enlightenment In the days when Sussman was a novice, Minsky
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once came to him as he sat hacking at the PDP-6. What are you doing? ,
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asked Minsky. I am training a randomly wired neural net to play Tic-Tac-Toe
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Sussman replied. Why is the net wired randomly? , asked Minsky. I do not
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want it to have any preconceptions of how to play , Sussman said. Minsky
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then shut his eyes. Why do you close your eyes? , Sussman asked his
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teacher. So that the room will be empty. At that moment, Sussman was
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enlightened. Drescher and the toaster A disciple of another sect once came
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to Drescher as he was eating his morning meal. I would like to give you
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this personality test , said the outsider, because I want you to be happy.
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Drescher took the paper that was offered him and put it into the toaster,
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saying: I wish the toaster to be happy, too.
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