F. Frank LeFever <flefever at ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:7lr2jg$cdo at dfw-ixnews8.ix.netcom.com...
> [Snip]
> Seems to me I saw somebody's comment to the effect that AI systems do
> not HAVE to mimic natural systems and can stand on their own; but
> unless more novel/elegant/interesting as pure creations than these
> simplistic diagrams seem to imply, I see no point in pursuing such
> schemes even as a hobby or game...
>> F. Frank LeFever, Ph.D.
> New York Neuropsychology Group
Dr. LeFever,
With all due respect, it is prudent to be careful about statements to the
effect that YOU see no point in pursuing such schemes. (Implicit in such
observations being that there is no value in doing so.)
History has shown that one person's blind spot may be another's golden
opportunity.
Consider Xerox. They could have "owned" the microcomputer and networking
industry of today. The geniuses of Xerox Parc created so many of the
technologies that we consider today to be the core of the data processing
world, yet...
...the upper management of the company couldn't see beyond "copy machines"
at the time, and refused to put this research into production.
The GUI, the mouse, Metcalf's "Ethernet", etc. all were a decade ahead of
their time, and the upper management of Xerox at the time couldn't see the
point in pursuing production versions of these technologies. These aren't my
criticisms, but were the criticisms of some of the engineers who worked at
Parc, including Bob Metcalf, the inventor of Ethernet.
Sincerely,
- Bill Zimmerly
http://www.zimmerly.com mailto:bill at zimmerly.com
"All great truths begin as blasphemies." - George Bernard Shaw
