Thu May 10 10:26:54 EDT 2007

computers need to forget

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I  saw this article on /., but the title misled me.  I thought it
said that computers need to be allowed to forget during run time.



Article



But in actuality, he was saying that data should not be retained.
In any case, I thought that the notion of computers being allowed
to forget - and in general be less perfect - might allow more hu-
man like characteristics to emerge. This might allow for some hu-
man  qualities  that have thusfar been very hard to simulate with
computers become easier.  I know it sounds silly, but there is  a
reason that humans are smart/slow and computers are dumb/fast. We
just need to figure out what that differences is - some neat  ap-
plications might come out of it.


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