Re: What is AI?

Randy Crawford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
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> With my limited exposure to the field (of late), if I were to define
> "academic AI" today, it'd be:
> 
> "The application of theoretically or numerically-grounded knowledge-
> based techniques to managing problems characterized by computationally
> intractable search."
> 
>      Randy

That's one of the best (realistic) definitions of AI I've heard in a
long time.

Of course, it wont hold for long - the power of computers will
outstrip that of the brain Real Soon Now :)