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>From: paulking@next.com (Paul King)
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Subject: Re: Defining Intelligence
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rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) writes:
> justin.bbs@cybernet.cse.fau.edu writes:
> >        I. Intelligence requires a memory storage/retrieval system.
> 
>   Strongly disagree.
> 
>   Certainly humans are capable of learning, and learning implies some
> kind of memory.  But I deny that it is a "storage/retrieval" system.
> Indeed it is my opinion that the often held belief that we have a
> storage/retrieval system is a major stumbling block in understanding
> human cognition.

Could we instead say that "intelligence requires the ability to use
information from past experience to influence behavior"?  We could
then characterize storage/retrieval as a behavior that presupposes
this ability.  We could also note that a storage/retrieval system
is one way among many to implement such an ability.

Paul
Paul_King@next.com


