whoever wrote this essay has some really wonderful observations and analysis about AI in N.
it's been a while since i read that book though.
but… after reading this i think i'll take a look at it again.
but before i do -and- before i get much needed sleep, this in relation to the "things aren't different. things are things." quote.
while the author of this essay observes, rather reasonably, that there's the idea that creation of an 'artificial chain' to place AI on is at best... questionable, he doesn't address an alternative to the classification of the intelligences in the book or AI in general. so....
that the placement of intelligence, weather silicon or flesh is not a matter of a scale, not one that goes up and down, left or right... not a linear/serial scale at least, but rather could be a matter of the placement if intelligence inside a 3 dimensional �space�. intelligence, flesh, silicon or whatever infinite (finite?) blending of the two, none can be in the same place at once, hence can not meet the same criteria , can not be judged under the simplistic word pairings of good/bad, heaven/hell, intelligent/unintelligent etc� can not be considered different since they exist in the same "space" but are simply there? is that what gibson�s getting at?
*crickets*
yes� well� i�m curious, what are some of the popular theories about the placement of AI on the scale of things, the current way to measure AI? i know about the turing test� as well as a bit about the limitations of the von nuemann architecture when it comes to the creation of 'real' AI� but that�s about as far as i�ve gotten in my readings.
*blinks*
right� pardon all that, but i'm thinking it's most DEFINITLY sleepy time for me now.
