Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy
Path: cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!fs7.ece.cmu.edu!hudson.lm.com!godot.cc.duq.edu!news.duke.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!hookup!swrinde!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!kovsky
From: kovsky@netcom.com (Bob Kovsky)
Subject: Re: Is the mind/brain deterministic?
Message-ID: <kovskyCzF8D4.Bxv@netcom.com>
Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest)
References: <kovskyCz0B4G.Aqr@netcom.com> <HPM.94Nov13161842@cart.frc.ri.cmu.edu> <kovskyCzBLv2.IsI@netcom.com> <CzDLJu.Hoq@gpu.utcc.utoronto.ca>
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 1994 16:55:52 GMT
Lines: 25

In a previous post, I wrote the item in double-nested quotes and 
Andrzej Pindor <pindor@gpu.utcc.utoronto.ca> responded:

>>	Given enough computer power and time, and his own determination, 
>>Prof. Moravec may well succeed in building a mobile robot control program 
>>that can perform in a relatively clean indoor environment.  I am more 
>>skeptical about its ability to navigate on the street where speedy response 
>>to happenstance events is needed.  And I see little likelihood that a robot 
>>will ever be able to navigate in a forested wilderness.  It is there that 
>>a fly functions superbly.  The reasons for its superiority deserve 
>>consideration.
>>
>I hope your skepticism is open to empirical verification. How about
>Martian and Lunar rovers, which navigated in non-terrestial wilderness?

	My understanding is that humans guided the navigation of these 
devices, by remote control.  My understanding is that Prof. Moravec's 
robots are intended to be autonomous and self-navigating.  I will be very 
interested if my understanding is in error.

-- 

*   *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *   * 
    Bob Kovsky          |  A Natural Science of Freedom 
    kovsky@netcom.com   |  Materials available by anonymous ftp
                        |  At ftp.netcom.com/pub/freeedom
*   *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *   * 
