04-03-2005, 07:06 PM
I'd like to back up ratra on his point about dogs. Have you never watched a dog dream? Dreams are spawned by random creativity, not instinct because there's no survival instinct that requires dreams. Creativity is another building block in the big triangle (excuse the crappy metaphor) that makes up intelligence.
Second of all, why the hell are you arguing about whether or not animals are intelligent. I think that Sigmund Freud would say that on a subconcious level you are all procastinating about actually getting down to programming some AI because you're so daunted by it. This is okay, it daunts me to, however, if you're gonna argue with each other, at least make it be about what the right way to go about this is. Otherwise, bounce your code and ideas around here.
Jack :bounce:
Second of all, why the hell are you arguing about whether or not animals are intelligent. I think that Sigmund Freud would say that on a subconcious level you are all procastinating about actually getting down to programming some AI because you're so daunted by it. This is okay, it daunts me to, however, if you're gonna argue with each other, at least make it be about what the right way to go about this is. Otherwise, bounce your code and ideas around here.
Jack :bounce: