
10 Chapter One—Foundations
Myths about Computational Intelligence
There are a number of myths regarding computational intelligence. First, it is a myth
that the only way to achieve results with CI tools is with a vast sum of money, a
supercomputer, and an interdisciplinary team of Nobel laureates, as some commer-
cial vendors imply. Having a supercomputer or a parallel processing machine isn’t
required to do something useful with CI tools. It’s not even necessary to have a
Sun workstation. A personal computer is a perfectly adequate hardware base for
most implementation and application projects. So, with relatively simple hardware
and software tools, ...