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Message #11420
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Steven Dang az-anuxm1@usa.net
Date: 6 Mar 00 22:11:27 CST
Subject: [alt-beam] nv's and nu's
I'm trying to figure out the difference in the schematics for a neuron in=
a
nervous net and a neuron in a neural net. I know the differences in thei=
r
purposes. A neural net is the brain that carries out thoughts, and the ne=
rvous
net is the spinal cord that controls sensory and motor functions. But i =
don't
know what the schematic of each of these are. Could someone clarify this=
for
me.
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11421 Monday, March 06, 2000 1:49 PM Re: lobster beam@sgiblab.sgi.com Robert Stein
>At 11:28 AM 3/6/00 -0600, you wrote:
>> > Emergent behaviour is not precisely robot learning.
>> > Connect
>> > some
>> > >mechanical parts to an electronic circuit, and produce
>> > some
>> > repeatable,
>> > >robust behaviours under a variety of conditions -- that's
>> > emergent
>> > >behaviour (in my view -- subject to much debate, no
>> > doubt).
>> > This means we have to figure out some way
>> > for
>> > a robot to
>> > >retain "learned" configurations when it is shut off.
>>In a way, a robots life span is determined by its battery life. Each time
it
>>is turned on, it is like birth. When the battery runs out, that in effect
is
>>the death of the robot. In essence, if we recharge the battery and switch
it
>>back on, we have just reincarnated a robot. To allow it to retain
information
>>from its previous "lives" would be like us knowing we were the king of
france
>>in 1608 and we retain the knowledge of how to rule a country. A better
way to
>>approach this would be to find a way to prolong the lives of our robots.
>>Remeber, some insects only live a day before they die. It seems our
robots
>>are the same way.
>
>But do those short lived insects learn while they are here? That is the
>question ...... learning or not. It (the bot) may still only be doing
>exactly what it is wired to do, nothing more. I don't discount that it
>interacts with its surroundings, but I am not so quick to say it is
>learning. My car reacts to its environment, runs crappy when cold, runs
>better when warm, but it is not learning, merely reacting.
>just some food for thought
>
>Robert
I think it doesn't learn it doesn't have enough memory to remeber the
lessons ,but if you made it as advanced a small animal it might learn.
right now they're less than bugs. and the ants have a queen to direct them,
they would be like beam bots with no queen to guide them
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