After experimenting with metacat in class and later over the weekend i just have to say metacat’s ability to “analyze” and justify its solutions to problems its just really really cool. When experimenting with metacat later i tried to “trick” it to make a conclusion that there was no solution. I entered in a->b and then asked metacat to determine what z would go to. My goal was to see if metacat was able to see that there is no other letter to send z to and thus no solution. While this seems like one of those problems that Doug’s kid would laugh at, for a program to understand why there is no solution is quite remarkable.
Additionally, i am still contemplating the two schools of thought about how ai should function. I do see how metacat’s self awareness and ability to recall is like how i would look at a problem but i still am struggling to see how the other program can produce valid results with out using these qualities.
On a side note i absolutely love that the program has a personality and when justifying its answers it has hilarious responses!