From: oregon_bry@hotmail.com   
      
   jonesrob@emporia.edu wrote:   
   > . . .   
   >      Computational complexity appears to be the biggest   
   > stumbling block standing in the way of efforts to build   
   > more capable AIs. In my "Asa H" project I seek to control   
   > complexity using some of the same methods that humans   
   > use . . .   
   > 1. category/concept formation/maintenance by clustering/   
   >     vector quantization   
   > . . .   
   > 4. avoiding search when the previous match remains   
   >     adequate   
      
   Rob,   
      
   Interesting note.   
      
   Is computational complexity the biggest stumbling block?  Perhaps a   
   bigger stumbling block is inadequate knowledge representation which   
   then results in inadequate semantic algorithms (such as computationally   
   intensive search).   
      
   For example, I'm hungry so I decide to warm up some leftover spagheti.   
   I don't think I searched through all the things I can do (read, write,   
   watch TV, call a friend, etc.) to find something that "solved" hunger,   
   and then searched through all the things I might eat (steak, Big Mac,   
   bugs, applesauce) to finally settle on spagheti.   
      
   Unfortunately I don't know exactly what I do.  But I don't think it   
   involved searching through billions of alternatives.   
      
   Of course, until we have better knowledge representation, we may be   
   able to accomplish a lot with what we have, and good luck on your   
   system.   
      
   Cheers,   
      
   -- Bryan   
      
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