On 12/05/2010 3:17 AM, Darren New wrote:
> Invisible wrote:
>> Paul Fuller wrote:
>>
>>> So it *is* the matchboxes that learn.
>>
>> More exactly, it's the algorithm for changing the contents of the
>> matchboxes that learns. Not the matchboxes themselves.
>
> No, because the algorithm is the same at the start of each game. The
> algorithm *teaches*. The matchboxes *learn."
>
I'm getting the impression that 'Invisible' is a large pile of match
boxes filled with random numbers of beans. Every now and then he/it
makes an interesting observation followed by often incorrect statements.
We are gradually teaching he/it about the Universe.
One day true match box intelligence will rise up. I expect it to be
speaking Haskell.
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