Sorry, it was listed in Hans' email as a reply from you. Far be it from me to speak for someone else. Jim On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 10:13 AM Abby Spurdle <spurdle.a at gmail.com> wrote:> > Hi Jim, > > I think you've mis-quoted me. > I didn't say that. > > > On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 10:10 AM Jim Lemon <drjimlemon at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Abby Spurdle: > > In my opinion the advantage of computers is not Artificial > > Intelligence, but rather Artificial Patience (most AI that I have seen > > is really doing a bunch of what I would consider to be boring, really > > fast so people don't have to). Leave the Intelligence to the people. > > > > Abby's response contains a complaint that is often directed at > > technical advances. So what if we can devise a way to perform some > > boring task rapidly? I answer that it allows us to delegate the boring > > task to the machine and proceed with the integration of the results. > > We run the risk of Douglas Adams' delightful result that we cannot > > understand, but nearly all of the "big" scientific endeavors stand > > upon the shoulders of machines doing boring tasks whose duration at > > human speed would see us all out. My idea of AI is a sort of teamwork > > between the error-prone synthesis of man and the precise analysis of > > machine, not a struggle for dominance of one or the other. > > > > Jim > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
Hans? Try Heinz ;-) Actually listed as a quote _in_ Abby's, originally by Greg Snow, but w/o attribution... -pd> On 13 May 2020, at 02:23 , Jim Lemon <drjimlemon at gmail.com> wrote: > > Sorry, it was listed in Hans' email as a reply from you. Far be it > from me to speak for someone else. > > Jim > > On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 10:13 AM Abby Spurdle <spurdle.a at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Jim, >> >> I think you've mis-quoted me. >> I didn't say that. >> >> >> On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 10:10 AM Jim Lemon <drjimlemon at gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Abby Spurdle: >>> In my opinion the advantage of computers is not Artificial >>> Intelligence, but rather Artificial Patience (most AI that I have seen >>> is really doing a bunch of what I would consider to be boring, really >>> fast so people don't have to). Leave the Intelligence to the people. >>> >>> Abby's response contains a complaint that is often directed at >>> technical advances. So what if we can devise a way to perform some >>> boring task rapidly? I answer that it allows us to delegate the boring >>> task to the machine and proceed with the integration of the results. >>> We run the risk of Douglas Adams' delightful result that we cannot >>> understand, but nearly all of the "big" scientific endeavors stand >>> upon the shoulders of machines doing boring tasks whose duration at >>> human speed would see us all out. My idea of AI is a sort of teamwork >>> between the error-prone synthesis of man and the precise analysis of >>> machine, not a struggle for dominance of one or the other. >>> >>> Jim >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >>> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.-- Peter Dalgaard, Professor, Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark Phone: (+45)38153501 Office: A 4.23 Email: pd.mes at cbs.dk Priv: PDalgd at gmail.com
Well, let's hope that was my big screw up for today... On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 4:39 PM peter dalgaard <pdalgd at gmail.com> wrote:> > Hans? Try Heinz ;-) > > Actually listed as a quote _in_ Abby's, originally by Greg Snow, but w/o attribution... > > -pd > > > > > On 13 May 2020, at 02:23 , Jim Lemon <drjimlemon at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Sorry, it was listed in Hans' email as a reply from you. Far be it > > from me to speak for someone else. > > > > Jim > > > > On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 10:13 AM Abby Spurdle <spurdle.a at gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> Hi Jim, > >> > >> I think you've mis-quoted me. > >> I didn't say that. > >> > >> > >> On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 10:10 AM Jim Lemon <drjimlemon at gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> Abby Spurdle: > >>> In my opinion the advantage of computers is not Artificial > >>> Intelligence, but rather Artificial Patience (most AI that I have seen > >>> is really doing a bunch of what I would consider to be boring, really > >>> fast so people don't have to). Leave the Intelligence to the people. > >>> > >>> Abby's response contains a complaint that is often directed at > >>> technical advances. So what if we can devise a way to perform some > >>> boring task rapidly? I answer that it allows us to delegate the boring > >>> task to the machine and proceed with the integration of the results. > >>> We run the risk of Douglas Adams' delightful result that we cannot > >>> understand, but nearly all of the "big" scientific endeavors stand > >>> upon the shoulders of machines doing boring tasks whose duration at > >>> human speed would see us all out. My idea of AI is a sort of teamwork > >>> between the error-prone synthesis of man and the precise analysis of > >>> machine, not a struggle for dominance of one or the other. > >>> > >>> Jim > >>> > >>> ______________________________________________ > >>> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > >>> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > >>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > -- > Peter Dalgaard, Professor, > Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School > Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark > Phone: (+45)38153501 > Office: A 4.23 > Email: pd.mes at cbs.dk Priv: PDalgd at gmail.com > > > > > > > > >