artificial intelligence

> > Back to what was mentioned before about "simulating" intelligence in
> > A.I... I think a better term may be "pseudo-intelligence".. And I
> > wonder.. If "real" intelligence and "pseudo" intelligence were
> > distinguishable from each other, would there really be any difference?
> >
> Yes. We are not talking of "magic" but of something that Modern Science
> can't explain fully as yet. We are talking about, sorry for the word:
> ignorance.
>
> There are many unsolved problems when studying the mind. Some seem
> quite simple at first sight but they are still unsolved after decades
> of study. This is particularly true in the field of "artificial vision"
> or "robot vision".
>
> For example, try to build a program that analizes any SINGLE black and
> white picture and returns a 3d model of the objects in the picture.
> Computers can't do it. Five years olds do it in a second.
>
> How come?
>
> Omar Vega
>
There has been some advances in this field.. Standford's DARPA Grand
Challenge entries the last few years have been pretty impressive..
Honda has made some progress too. as well as others.. Good image
recognition is a huge challenge, but you have to figure a five year
old child has been working on his/her programing for 5 years
straight.. And that's after evolution has already done most of the
work with the parents supplying all the proper equipment..