Re: What is AI?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Geoff T) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Randy Crawford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> ...
> > 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 :)

In some cases it already has