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Um, no by Senor Barborito 05/22/2003, 8:26pm PDT
Monty Cantsin wrote:

Senor Barborito wrote:

This is why it is possible, btw, to create real Turing-level AI for NPCs in fantasy MMORPGs, but not for the modern world. The elements that make up a medieval world + magic + monsters are so far less complicated (and specialized knowledge so much rarer) than the heuristics required for basic functioning today that the Cyc project of Ye Olde Times would have been a success where today it is a relative impossibility.


But isn't rocket science the easy part, and basic common sense the thing that's really hard? I don't think Ye Olden Cyc project would be any easier than the one with all mod cons.

/mc


I would never, ever find this statistic on my own, but I do recall our AI project lead citing an estimate (circa 1998, again) was that general knowledge has increased by two orders of magnitude since ancient Greece, and that the people of Dark Ages were less informed than they were.

That said, it's still a huge pain in the ass, and yes rocket science is the easy part.

--SB
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            Holy fuck. I never, ever, EVER thought I would see that. by Senor Barborito 05/21/2003, 3:44pm PDT NEW
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                                "his" not "he's". Going to bed now. NT by Senor Barborito 05/21/2003, 9:20pm PDT NEW
                                You just had to screw it up in the thread where you prove Monty wrong by Entropy Stew 05/22/2003, 2:58am PDT NEW
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                                                Re: You just had to screw it up in the thread where you prove Monty wrong by Monty Cantsin 05/22/2003, 8:05pm PDT NEW
                                                    Um, no by Senor Barborito 05/22/2003, 8:26pm PDT NEW
                                    If I think you're already dead enough, will it happen? by Senor Barborito 05/22/2003, 1:33pm PDT NEW
                                        You're horribly, horribly confused on practically every level by Entropy Stew 05/22/2003, 5:31pm PDT NEW
                                            Your failure to even attempt being informed is making me hemorrhage. by Senor Barborito 05/22/2003, 8:23pm PDT NEW
                                                Just my artsy fartsy two cents... by Chairman Mao 05/22/2003, 8:55pm PDT NEW
                                                    Re: Just my artsy fartsy two cents... by mark 05/22/2003, 9:07pm PDT NEW
                                                        That is one of the funniest things I have ever seen... NT by Chairman Mao 05/22/2003, 9:12pm PDT NEW
                                                    Well, here's the problem by Senor Barborito 05/22/2003, 9:10pm PDT NEW
                                                        Re: Well, here's the problem by Chairman Mao 05/22/2003, 9:17pm PDT NEW
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