Re: What is AI?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Roddy) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> [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

In what cases?