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wagray@taz.dra.hmg.gb (Walter Gray) writes:

>>The AI community has shown no signs of being able to produce a machine 
>>with the intelligence of an ant. (Not even a stupid ant). This is why the 
>>brain replacement idea sounds silly.

- Mead et al are using analog VLSI neural circuits to emulate sensory functions
- Beer has built a neural robot that demonstrates a variety of cockroach gaits
- Brooks' subsumption robots demonstrate insect-like learning and conflict-resolution
- Koza has simulated dynamic ant food-gathering behaviors
- Emergent behaviors have been observed in A-life programs like Tierra

These are only a few of the better known recent accomplishments in the field.  To
say that there are "no signs" seems more than a little naive.


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