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>From: markrose@spss.com (Mark Rosenfelder)
Subject: Re: Artificial Stupidity?
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In article <TODD.91Nov4211052@juno.elcom.nitech.ac.jp> todd@juno.elcom.nitech.ac.jp writes:
>This may sound ridiculous, but has anyone ever carried out
>research into Artificial Stupidity?

One answer to this could be that no one's yet created an AI program intelligent
enough to be stupid.  A stupid human being can still pass a Turing test...
For that matter, I think AI _has_ moved from targetting behaviors that
were considered "intelligent" (playing chess, solving algebra problems)
to those that are simply human (using language, navigating around a room,
telling stories).  These problems are often more difficult!


