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Given the Web, What is Intelligence, Really?
Selmer Bringsjord & Naveen Sundar G.
Department of Computer ScienceDepartment of Cognitive Science
Lally School of Management & TechnologyRensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
Troy NY 12180 USAselmer@rpi.edu • govinn@rpi.edu
October 5 2011
Philosophy & the Web 2011Thessaloniki Greece
1Monday, October 31, 2011
W3
“Genius”
2Monday, October 31, 2011
W3
“Genius”
2Monday, October 31, 2011
W3
“Genius”
“You face two doors, and must pass through one. One door leads to certain death; the other to paradise. Each door has a guard. One guard always lies; the other always tell the truth. You can ask one question. What should you ask?”
2Monday, October 31, 2011
W3
“Genius”
“You face two doors, and must pass through one. One door leads to certain death; the other to paradise. Each door has a guard. One guard always lies; the other always tell the truth. You can ask one question. What should you ask?”
2Monday, October 31, 2011
W3
“Genius”
“You face two doors, and must pass through one. One door leads to certain death; the other to paradise. Each door has a guard. One guard always lies; the other always tell the truth. You can ask one question. What should you ask?”
2Monday, October 31, 2011
W3
“Genius”
“You face two doors, and must pass through one. One door leads to certain death; the other to paradise. Each door has a guard. One guard always lies; the other always tell the truth. You can ask one question. What should you ask?”
2Monday, October 31, 2011
W3
“Genius”
“You face two doors, and must pass through one. One door leads to certain death; the other to paradise. Each door has a guard. One guard always lies; the other always tell the truth. You can ask one question. What should you ask?”
Labyrinth (on the Web)
2Monday, October 31, 2011
W3
“Genius”
“You face two doors, and must pass through one. One door leads to certain death; the other to paradise. Each door has a guard. One guard always lies; the other always tell the truth. You can ask one question. What should you ask?”
Labyrinth (on the Web)
2Monday, October 31, 2011
W3
“Genius”
“You face two doors, and must pass through one. One door leads to certain death; the other to paradise. Each door has a guard. One guard always lies; the other always tell the truth. You can ask one question. What should you ask?”
Labyrinth (on the Web)
2Monday, October 31, 2011
W3
“Genius”
“You face two doors, and must pass through one. One door leads to certain death; the other to paradise. Each door has a guard. One guard always lies; the other always tell the truth. You can ask one question. What should you ask?”
“Standing at Guard A’s door, this: ‘Guard A, if I were to ask Guard B whether this door leads to paradise, what would he say?’ ”
Labyrinth (on the Web)
2Monday, October 31, 2011
W3
“Genius”
“You face two doors, and must pass through one. One door leads to certain death; the other to paradise. Each door has a guard. One guard always lies; the other always tell the truth. You can ask one question. What should you ask?”
“Standing at Guard A’s door, this: ‘Guard A, if I were to ask Guard B whether this door leads to paradise, what would he say?’ ”
Labyrinth (on the Web)
Descartes: “You’re no genius! You merely found that reply on the Web!”
2Monday, October 31, 2011
But: The W3 offers more than simple answers! Eg, it offers methods, algorithms, and so on.
3Monday, October 31, 2011
W3
“Genius”
4Monday, October 31, 2011
W3
“Genius”
4Monday, October 31, 2011
W3
“Genius”
“Please bake lasagna for me.”
4Monday, October 31, 2011
W3
“Genius”
“Please bake lasagna for me.”
4Monday, October 31, 2011
W3
“Genius”
“Please bake lasagna for me.”
4Monday, October 31, 2011
W3
“Genius”
“Please bake lasagna for me.”
4Monday, October 31, 2011
W3
“Genius”
“Please bake lasagna for me.”Recipe for Gourmet Lasagna
4Monday, October 31, 2011
W3
“Genius”
“Please bake lasagna for me.”Recipe for Gourmet Lasagna
4Monday, October 31, 2011
W3
“Genius”
“Please bake lasagna for me.”Recipe for Gourmet Lasagna
4Monday, October 31, 2011
W3
“Genius”
“Please bake lasagna for me.”
“Here you are.”
Recipe for Gourmet Lasagna
4Monday, October 31, 2011
W3
“Genius”
“Please bake lasagna for me.”
“Here you are.”
Recipe for Gourmet Lasagna
Descartes: “You’re no gourmet chef! You merely found that recipe on the Web!”
4Monday, October 31, 2011
But: The fact remains that data is unusually effective!
5Monday, October 31, 2011
Descartes: “Agreed. But no amount of merely syntactic processing of the data suffices for intelligence. The intelligent person is capable of resourcefulness in problem-solving—but if one goes outside oneself to a crutch like the Web, all bets are off.”
6Monday, October 31, 2011