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>From: christo@psych.toronto.edu (Christopher Green)
Subject: Re: It is AI when...
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Organization: Department of Psychology, University of Toronto
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Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 20:45:36 GMT
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In article <Stafford-101192104649@stafford.winona.msus.edu> Stafford@Vax2.Winona.MSUS.EDU (John Stafford) writes:
>Another foolish attempt -
>
>Complete AI is when a machine produces useful, unsolicited
>solutions to unanticipated problems and we cannot discern 
>it's methods.

So, if after such a machine has produced as useful, unsolicited solution
to an unanticipated problem, we tear it apart and figure how what it's
method must have been, the formerly intelligent behavior becomes unintelligent
(because we can now discern its method)? 


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Christopher D. Green                christo@psych.toronto.edu
Psychology Department               cgreen@lake.scar.utoronto.ca
University of Toronto
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