Weinheimer Jim wrote:
>
> ... I don't think we are going to change people's opinions concerning these machines, even setting aside Turing's opinions on the subject.
> (Supposedly, some machines have more or less passed the test)
>
It is, I think, safe to say there isn't yet a single one that would come
even close, nor is one on the mid-term horizon. This is a mute topic.
> The way I look at it though, anybody who is searching for information
> using a catalog or search engine needs help ...
> But unfortunately, people are all too often unaware of what they
> are missing, or what they are really looking at.
Yes! But it will always be better to try and help them _become_ aware
instead of, to the contrary, not try at all and wring our hands
behind our backs but leave them in their immature (as Kant would have
it) attitude.
B.Eversberg
Received on Mon Feb 23 2009 - 04:53:28 EST