________________________________________ From: Jonathan Aquilina [eagles051...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 07:35 To: "C. Bergström" Cc: Lux, Jim (337C); Glen Beane; beowulf@beowulf.org Subject: Re: [Beowulf] IBM's Watson on Jeopardy tonight
On 2/16/11 3:29 PM, "C. Bergström" wrote: > Doesn't this then raise the question of why we aren't modeling > computers and programming models after the brain? ;) > > Isn't that the whole purpose of artificial intelligence and neural networks? --- Yes and no.. That field covers a lot of territory, and the specific territory changes with time and fashion. Neural Nets (under a different name) were the rage in the 50s and 60s until the paper came out proving that they couldn't solve a big class of problems. All the funding and publications went away, while the AI community chased natural language and LISP for a while, until the idea of multiple layers came up in the 80s, and bingo neural nets were fashionable again (with the added cachet of venture capital.. oh yeah...good work on a ANN could get you a Ferrari, how cool is that if you're a struggling AI PhD candidate on a $500/month stipend) _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
