[gurps] Failing autopilots and RVO

Anthony Jackson ajackson at iii.com
Mon Mar 2 15:11:40 CST 2009


Zan Lynx wrote:

> But humans can reach beyond their training when they need to, or 
> sometimes they make a mistake which later turns out to have really been 
> the right thing to do.  That's less likely for a computer running a 
> program.

Of course, computers are much less likely to randomly do the _wrong_ 
thing as well.
> 
> I am thinking that a computer which rewrites its own programs based on 
> experience or predictions of opponents future actions is no longer just 
> running a program; at that point it is at least an LAI (in my opinion).

Nah. LAI doesn't just imply learning, it implies skills in a wide 
variety of areas. NAI at most.


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