The more I read about Daniel Defay's program Numbo the more I use introspection to try and decipher how I solve problems of this sort. Defay speaks of Pnet and Coderack and it makes me think of this is how human processing really does occur. I myself sometimes struggle with problems that are in the mathematical realm, and I keep looking into my own mind to try and see how I solve these problems.
Defay easily puts on paper how Numbo works and uses a great description and also great diagram from a trace run of Numbo. The main question that I have in regards to Numbo is if it really shows some sort of intelligence when solving these problems. When first reading about Numbo it seemed to me that it merely took one path and tried it until it failed and disregarded other paths that could be correct. In this section of the reading Defay put that unsettling feeling to rest in my eyes. He states that Numbo, unlike much of the previous artificial intelligence programs out there, keeps goal competition going on without disregarding other paths. Some paths will however be "stronger" than others and I thought this was key to his Numbo program.
Numbo to me shows great promise and it surprised me in a way. The architecture that Defay uses is interesting and to me shows "intelligent" like qualities which can be applied to more areas of AI.
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