GODDEN@gmr.COM (01/11/88)
I am reading (of all things) a book about dogs (>The Canine Clan< by John McLoughlin) and I came across a comment about intelligence that I share with the net without comment. Since I don't have the book with me at the moment I cannot offer an exact quote, but this is close: Intelligence arises in order to make efficient use of the senses. -Kurt Godden godden@gmr.com [For a more elaborate development of this viewpoint see the recent book by Fischler and Firschein on The Eye and the Brain. A major premise is that perception is a goal of AI (or of any intelligence) rather than just a preprocessing stage. -- KIL]
wcalvin@well.UUCP (William Calvin) (01/14/88)
My favorite short definition is that of Horace B. Barlow in 1983: "Intelligence... is the capacity to guess right by discovering new order." There are some related quotes at p.187 of my book THE RIVER THAT FLOWS UPHILL. William H. Calvin University of Washington NJ-15, Seattle WA 98195 wcalvin@well.uucp 206/328-1192
ronse%mcvax@prlb2.UUCP (Christian Ronse) (01/19/88)
> [For a more elaborate development of this viewpoint see the > recent book by Fischler and Firschein on The Eye and the Brain. > A major premise is that perception is a goal of AI (or of any > intelligence) rather than just a preprocessing stage. -- KIL] Could I have the complete reference, please? Christian Ronse maldoror@prlb2.UUCP {uunet|philabs|mcvax|...}!prlb2!{maldoror|ronse} [M.A. Fischler and O. Firschein, Intelligence: The Eye, the Brain, and the Computer. Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., Reading, Massachusetts, 1987. 331 pp. -- KIL]