Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-12-09 Thread zibbsey
On Friday, December 5, 2014 4:31:27 AM UTC, cdemorsella wrote: *From:* everyth...@googlegroups.com javascript: [mailto: everyth...@googlegroups.com javascript:] *On Behalf Of *LizR *Subject:* Re: Edge: Myth of A.I. On 3 December 2014 at 17:17, 'Chris de Morsella' via

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-12-04 Thread Alberto G. Corona
Morsella' via Everything List everything-list@googlegroups.com: -- *From:* Alberto G. Corona agocor...@gmail.com *To:* everything-list everything-list@googlegroups.com *Sent:* Wednesday, December 3, 2014 2:59 PM *Subject:* Re: Edge: Myth of A.I. As Bruno would

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-12-04 Thread Alberto G. Corona
. 2014-12-03 13:13 GMT+01:00 John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com: On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 8:45 PM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: the Bible (for example) says that God made the Heavens and the Earth (and the rest of the universe gets a throwaway line), so why object specifically to evolution

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-12-04 Thread zibbsey
: *To:* everything-list everyth...@googlegroups.com javascript: *Sent:* Wednesday, December 3, 2014 2:59 PM *Subject:* Re: Edge: Myth of A.I. As Bruno would say, You are full of bad computations. You can not live long with such attitude. I recommend you to buy a Gameboy, a Joystick and play

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-12-04 Thread zibbsey
On Wednesday, December 3, 2014 11:39:25 PM UTC, cdemorsella wrote: -- *From:* Alberto G. Corona agoc...@gmail.com javascript: No interest is this subject Chris. Ask elsewhere for such recreative activties. John maybe? I don`t know. Then why did you

RE: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-12-04 Thread 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List
-list everything-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, December 3, 2014 2:59 PM Subject: Re: Edge: Myth of A.I. As Bruno would say, You are full of bad computations. You can not live long with such attitude. I recommend you to buy a Gameboy, a Joystick and play the kill the Pope videogame

RE: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-12-04 Thread 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List
From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of zibb...@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2014 7:20 AM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Cc: cdemorse...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: Edge: Myth of A.I. On Wednesday, December 3, 2014 11:39

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-12-04 Thread Alberto G. Corona
-list@googlegroups.com [mailto: everything-list@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *zibb...@gmail.com *Sent:* Thursday, December 04, 2014 7:20 AM *To:* everything-list@googlegroups.com *Cc:* cdemorse...@yahoo.com *Subject:* Re: Edge: Myth of A.I. On Wednesday, December 3, 2014 11:39:25 PM UTC

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-12-04 Thread 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List
] On Behalf Of zibb...@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2014 7:20 AM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Cc: cdemorse...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.  On Wednesday, December 3, 2014 11:39:25 PM UTC, cdemorsella wrote: From: Alberto G. Corona agoc...@gmail.com  No interest

RE: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-12-04 Thread 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List
From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of LizR Subject: Re: Edge: Myth of A.I. On 3 December 2014 at 17:17, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List everything-list@googlegroups.com wrote: Liz, I am with you here that evolution and e

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-12-04 Thread meekerdb
On 12/4/2014 8:31 PM, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List wrote: *From:*everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *LizR *Subject:* Re: Edge: Myth of A.I. On 3 December 2014 at 17:17, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List everything-list

RE: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-12-04 Thread 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List
From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of meekerdb Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2014 11:12 PM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Edge: Myth of A.I. On 12/4/2014 8:31 PM, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List wrote

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-12-03 Thread John Clark
On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 8:45 PM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: the Bible (for example) says that God made the Heavens and the Earth (and the rest of the universe gets a throwaway line), so why object specifically to evolution rather than, say, theories of planetary formation? Because the

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-12-03 Thread Alberto G. Corona
Why you atheist end all discussion with God here, God there etc? Ok, it is the child in you that blame his Father for not going back to home to play with him. After playing with the toys-concepts and breaking them you discover every now and them that you are alone in the home uh? Do not mourn

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-12-03 Thread John Clark
On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 Alberto G. Corona agocor...@gmail.com wrote: Why you atheist end all discussion with God here, God there etc? The world is infested with religious nincompoops who have far more power to shape our culture than I do, so I will stop talking about the imbecilic God theory when

RE: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-12-03 Thread 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List
From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alberto G. Corona Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 5:02 AM To: everything-list Subject: Re: Edge: Myth of A.I. Why you atheist end all discussion with God here, God there etc? Ok

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-12-03 Thread zibbsey
: Myth of A.I. Why you atheist end all discussion with God here, God there etc? Ok, it is the child in you that blame his Father for not going back to home to play with him. After playing with the toys-concepts and breaking them you discover every now and them that you are alone

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-12-03 Thread LizR
On 3 December 2014 at 17:17, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List everything-list@googlegroups.com wrote: Liz, I am with you here that evolution and e=mc2 make for highly visible, honey pots tempting all manner of oddball, legend-in-their-minds geniuses (or the pious pompous religious

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-12-03 Thread LizR
On 3 December 2014 at 17:45, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: Not only that I notice that all the characters in you post have previously been posted by me. STOP THIS PLAGARISM! That gave me a much needed laugh, thanks Brent! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-12-03 Thread LizR
On 3 December 2014 at 19:25, zibb...@gmail.com wrote: It goes without saying you seek to make a statement about me somewhere there. I'll try to catch my flaws a little more frequently. But something I definitely do is apologize when I see I've mistreated someone. I mean here. I wonder if

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-12-03 Thread zibbsey
On Wednesday, December 3, 2014 9:51:18 PM UTC, Liz R wrote: On 3 December 2014 at 19:25, zib...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: It goes without saying you seek to make a statement about me somewhere there. I'll try to catch my flaws a little more frequently. But something I definitely

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-12-03 Thread Alberto G. Corona
As Bruno would say, You are full of bad computations. You can not live long with such attitude. I recommend you to buy a Gameboy, a Joystick and play the kill the Pope videogame. After killing a few thounsands catholics, give praise to Muslims, and leaving beeing assholed by a bunch of atheist

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-12-03 Thread 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List
From: Alberto G. Corona agocor...@gmail.com To: everything-list everything-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, December 3, 2014 2:59 PM Subject: Re: Edge: Myth of A.I. As Bruno would say, You are full of bad computations. You can not live long with such attitude. I recommend

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-12-03 Thread Alberto G. Corona
*To:* everything-list everything-list@googlegroups.com *Sent:* Wednesday, December 3, 2014 2:59 PM *Subject:* Re: Edge: Myth of A.I. As Bruno would say, You are full of bad computations. You can not live long with such attitude. I recommend you to buy a Gameboy, a Joystick and play the kill

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-12-03 Thread 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List
before. Chris 2014-12-04 0:14 GMT+01:00 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List everything-list@googlegroups.com: From: Alberto G. Corona agocor...@gmail.com To: everything-list everything-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, December 3, 2014 2:59 PM Subject: Re: Edge: Myth of A.I

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-12-03 Thread Alberto G. Corona
, December 3, 2014 2:59 PM *Subject:* Re: Edge: Myth of A.I. As Bruno would say, You are full of bad computations. You can not live long with such attitude. I recommend you to buy a Gameboy, a Joystick and play the kill the Pope videogame. After killing a few thounsands catholics, give praise

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-12-03 Thread zibbsey
On Wednesday, December 3, 2014 10:14:14 PM UTC, zib...@gmail.com wrote: On Wednesday, December 3, 2014 9:51:18 PM UTC, Liz R wrote: On 3 December 2014 at 19:25, zib...@gmail.com wrote: It goes without saying you seek to make a statement about me somewhere there. I'll try to catch

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-12-03 Thread 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List
-list@googlegroups.com: From: Alberto G. Corona agocor...@gmail.com To: everything-list everything-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, December 3, 2014 2:59 PM Subject: Re: Edge: Myth of A.I. As Bruno would say, You are full of bad computations. You can not live long

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-12-02 Thread zibbsey
On Monday, December 1, 2014 5:41:19 AM UTC, John Clark wrote: Zibbsey wrote: I should think we'll need an origin-of-life answer to scientific standards before we can start finalizing on the assumptions underpinning all that. Darwin was in my opinion the greatest scientist who ever

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-12-02 Thread LizR
On 3 December 2014 at 16:00, zibb...@gmail.com wrote: But then you say The multiverse did it In the library, the kitchen, the study and the drawing room ... with the gun, the rope, the lead piping and the poison -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-12-02 Thread zibbsey
On Monday, December 1, 2014 1:45:57 AM UTC, Liz R wrote: For some reason a lot of religious people attempt to argue that Darwin was wrong, just as a lot of people seem to have always wanted to show that Einstein was wrong. There appears to be something about these targets that attracts a

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-12-02 Thread LizR
On 3 December 2014 at 16:29, zibb...@gmail.com wrote: On Monday, December 1, 2014 1:45:57 AM UTC, Liz R wrote: For some reason a lot of religious people attempt to argue that Darwin was wrong, just as a lot of people seem to have always wanted to show that Einstein was wrong. There appears to

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-12-02 Thread zibbsey
On Wednesday, December 3, 2014 3:38:47 AM UTC, Liz R wrote: On 3 December 2014 at 16:29, zib...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: On Monday, December 1, 2014 1:45:57 AM UTC, Liz R wrote: For some reason a lot of religious people attempt to argue that Darwin was wrong, just as a lot of people

RE: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-12-02 Thread 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List
From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of LizR Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2014 7:39 PM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Edge: Myth of A.I. On 3 December 2014 at 16:29, zibb...@gmail.com wrote: On Monday, December 1

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-12-02 Thread meekerdb
On 12/2/2014 7:38 PM, LizR wrote: On 3 December 2014 at 16:29, zibb...@gmail.com mailto:zibb...@gmail.com wrote: On Monday, December 1, 2014 1:45:57 AM UTC, Liz R wrote: For some reason a lot of religious people attempt to argue that Darwin was wrong, just as a lot of people

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-12-02 Thread zibbsey
On Wednesday, December 3, 2014 4:45:10 AM UTC, Brent wrote: On 12/2/2014 7:38 PM, LizR wrote: On 3 December 2014 at 16:29, zib...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: On Monday, December 1, 2014 1:45:57 AM UTC, Liz R wrote: For some reason a lot of religious people attempt to argue that

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-12-02 Thread zibbsey
:* Re: Edge: Myth of A.I. On 3 December 2014 at 16:29, zib...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: On Monday, December 1, 2014 1:45:57 AM UTC, Liz R wrote: For some reason a lot of religious people attempt to argue that Darwin was wrong, just as a lot of people seem to have always wanted to show

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-30 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 29 Nov 2014, at 11:51, Richard Ruquist wrote: On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 3:15 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: Richard, On 28 Nov 2014, at 19:19, Richard Ruquist wrote: It occurred to me that if consciousness is entirely classical- no quantum effects- then perhaps

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-30 Thread zibbsey
On Saturday, November 29, 2014 7:03:53 AM UTC, Kim Jones wrote: On 29 Nov 2014, at 10:08 am, Richard Ruquist yan...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: It may just be herding instinct or projection on my part, but it seems that my chickens are more intelligent as a group than

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-30 Thread zibbsey
On Saturday, November 29, 2014 5:57:38 AM UTC, John Clark wrote: On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 6:01 PM, zib...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: I was talking about your root idea that Evolution cannot detect consciousness It can't and neither can we. (because we can't, I think you said)

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-30 Thread zibbsey
On Saturday, November 29, 2014 7:38:54 PM UTC, John Clark wrote: On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 11:03 AM, spudboy100 wrote: The word purposeless is purposeless unless there is a referent. Purposeless for who? Maybe the universe finds me to be purposeless but I don't care any more than the

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-30 Thread LizR
For some reason a lot of religious people attempt to argue that Darwin was wrong, just as a lot of people seem to have always wanted to show that Einstein was wrong. There appears to be something about these targets that attracts a certain type of person, even though there might be better pickings

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-30 Thread John Clark
Zibbsey wrote: I should think we'll need an origin-of-life answer to scientific standards before we can start finalizing on the assumptions underpinning all that. Darwin was in my opinion the greatest scientist who ever lived because he provided a elegant answer to the question of how we got

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-29 Thread Bruno Marchal
Richard, On 28 Nov 2014, at 19:19, Richard Ruquist wrote: It occurred to me that if consciousness is entirely classical- no quantum effects- then perhaps consciousness on occurs in one world. Or in general if most natural processes are classical, then we are mostly in one world, maybe

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-29 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 28 Nov 2014, at 19:50, John Clark wrote: On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 12:55 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: And having no facts that must be fitted to theory is why the profession of consciousness theoretician is so incredibly easy and why they are so common on the internet.

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-29 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 28 Nov 2014, at 23:19, LizR wrote: On 29 November 2014 at 06:04, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 27 Nov 2014, at 22:35, LizR wrote: On 26 November 2014 at 22:52, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: You need consciousness to develop intelligence, and you need intelligence

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-29 Thread Kim Jones
On 29 Nov 2014, at 6:27 pm, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote: If nature came up with feeling first and high level intelligence only much much later, I don't see why the opposite would be true for our computers. So this is the the meat in your sandwich. It is so revealing. It requires

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-29 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 29 Nov 2014, at 00:08, Richard Ruquist wrote: It may just be herding instinct or projection on my part, but it seems that my chickens are more intelligent as a group than individually. I attribute that to a group mind due to entanglement in a mind/matter duality. I would be astonished

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-29 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 29 Nov 2014, at 01:19, meekerdb wrote: On 11/28/2014 8:40 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 27 Nov 2014, at 18:49, meekerdb wrote: On 11/27/2014 12:19 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 26 Nov 2014, at 23:34, meekerdb wrote: On 11/26/2014 9:53 AM, John Clark wrote: No that is not fine. I DEFINE

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-29 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 29 Nov 2014, at 01:29, meekerdb wrote: On 11/28/2014 9:55 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 28 Nov 2014, at 04:27, John Clark wrote: On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 11:30 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: More likely we will make an AI that is intelligent, is not conscious like a human

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-29 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 29 Nov 2014, at 01:39, meekerdb wrote: On 11/28/2014 12:53 PM, LizR wrote: On 29 November 2014 at 04:42, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote: Kim Jones: Yes but tell me of the examples you have found of Evolution producing intelligence without consciousness. iPhones. Smart

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-29 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 29 Nov 2014, at 04:31, Kim Jones wrote: On 29 Nov 2014, at 1:37 pm, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Brent I seem to remember saying that I thought perhaps consciousness is something like awareness of yourself and your environment and asking if you had a better definition a

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-29 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 29 Nov 2014, at 06:20, meekerdb wrote: I don't think there's a single definition of consciousness because I think there are different kinds, as I indicated below. There is two kinds, mainly. Consciousness/awareness, and self- consciousness. It is the difference between Universality and

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-29 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 29 Nov 2014, at 09:44, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 29 Nov 2014, at 01:39, meekerdb wrote: On 11/28/2014 12:53 PM, LizR wrote: On 29 November 2014 at 04:42, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote: Kim Jones: Yes but tell me of the examples you have found of Evolution producing

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-29 Thread Richard Ruquist
On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 3:15 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: Richard, On 28 Nov 2014, at 19:19, Richard Ruquist wrote: It occurred to me that if consciousness is entirely classical- no quantum effects- then perhaps consciousness on occurs in one world. Or in general if most

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-29 Thread John Clark
On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 3:30 AM, Kim Jones kimjo...@ozemail.com.au wrote: If nature came up with feeling first and high level intelligence only much much later, I don't see why the opposite would be true for our computers. So this is the the meat in your sandwich. It is so revealing. It

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-29 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
it to be purposeless; we both just ignore the others opinion of and continue to go about our business. John K Clark -Original Message- From: John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com To: everything-list everything-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Sat, Nov 29, 2014 10:40 am Subject: Re: Edge: Myth of A.I

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-29 Thread John Mikes
Richard: I enjoyed your chickenfoot reply, YET cannot subscribe for it's expansion to humans: GROUPS od humans seem to be more stupid than any level immaginable.; Well, that much for our kind. Respectfully John Mikes On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 6:08 PM, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: It

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-29 Thread meekerdb
On 11/28/2014 11:03 PM, Kim Jones wrote: There is the whole emergent thing of the group behaving as you say, more intelligently (or competently, exhibiting adaptive behaviour both within and without) which accounts for the enormous value of being a good and compliant clan member rather than

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-29 Thread John Clark
On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 11:03 AM, spudboy100 wrote: The word purposeless is purposeless unless there is a referent. Purposeless for who? Maybe the universe finds me to be purposeless but I don't care any more than the universe would care if I found it to be purposeless; we both just ignore

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-29 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
than me but the universe is as dumb as a sack full of rocks and at least I'm smarter than that. John K Clark -Original Message- From: John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com To: everything-list everything-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Sat, Nov 29, 2014 2:38 pm Subject: Re: Edge: Myth of A.I

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-29 Thread meekerdb
On 11/29/2014 12:30 AM, Kim Jones wrote: On 29 Nov 2014, at 6:27 pm, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote: If nature came up with feeling first and high level intelligence only much much later, I don't see why the opposite would be true for our computers. So this is the the meat in your

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-28 Thread zibbsey
On Friday, November 28, 2014 3:27:30 AM UTC, John Clark wrote: On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 11:30 PM, meekerdb meek...@verizon.net javascript: wrote: More likely we will make an AI that is intelligent, is not conscious like a human with an inner narrative but is conscious in some other way

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-28 Thread John Clark
Kim Jones: Yes but tell me of the examples you have found of Evolution producing intelligence without consciousness. iPhones. Smart fridges. Self-driving cars. Computers. Space probes etc. etc. If you believe all these things are smart then fine, but what makes you think they're not

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-28 Thread John Clark
On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 4:43 AM, zibb...@gmail.com wrote: Let's say there are two individuals, one seems to be normal in that there is no history of injuries to the head. While the other individual fell off a tricycle and ended up hospitalized with a head injury. Now let's jump into the shoes

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-28 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 27 Nov 2014, at 18:49, meekerdb wrote: On 11/27/2014 12:19 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 26 Nov 2014, at 23:34, meekerdb wrote: On 11/26/2014 9:53 AM, John Clark wrote: No that is not fine. I DEFINE intelligence just as everybody else does, the ability to find novel solutions to new

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-28 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 27 Nov 2014, at 22:35, LizR wrote: On 26 November 2014 at 22:52, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: You need consciousness to develop intelligence, and you need intelligence to develop competence. IN my humble opinion you don't need consciousness to develop intelligence. Keep in

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-28 Thread zibbsey
On Friday, November 28, 2014 4:37:40 PM UTC, John Clark wrote: On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 4:43 AM, zib...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: Let's say there are two individuals, one seems to be normal in that there is no history of injuries to the head. While the other individual fell off a

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-28 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 28 Nov 2014, at 04:27, John Clark wrote: On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 11:30 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: More likely we will make an AI that is intelligent, is not conscious like a human with an inner narrative but is conscious in some other way which will be very difficult

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-28 Thread Richard Ruquist
Bruno, It occurred to me that if consciousness is entirely classical- no quantum effects- then perhaps consciousness on occurs in one world. Or in general if most natural processes are classical, then we are mostly in one world, maybe with a little fuzziness. Richard On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-28 Thread John Clark
On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 12:26 PM, zibb...@gmail.com wrote: You've not answered the logic so far Give me some logic and I'll give you a answer. I thought you were asking how Evolution produced consciousness but apparently that's not the question you wanted answered. Maybe I missed it but as

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-28 Thread John Clark
On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 12:55 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: And having no facts that must be fitted to theory is why the profession of consciousness theoretician is so incredibly easy and why they are so common on the internet. However it's hard as hell to find a good

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-28 Thread LizR
On 29 November 2014 at 04:42, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote: Kim Jones: Yes but tell me of the examples you have found of Evolution producing intelligence without consciousness. iPhones. Smart fridges. Self-driving cars. Computers. Space probes etc. etc. If you believe all

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-28 Thread Kim Jones
On 29 Nov 2014, at 2:42 am, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote: Kim Jones: Yes but tell me of the examples you have found of Evolution producing intelligence without consciousness. iPhones. Smart fridges. Self-driving cars. Computers. Space probes etc. etc. If you

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-28 Thread LizR
On 29 November 2014 at 06:04, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 27 Nov 2014, at 22:35, LizR wrote: On 26 November 2014 at 22:52, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: You need consciousness to develop intelligence, and you need intelligence to develop competence. IN my humble

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-28 Thread zibbsey
On Friday, November 28, 2014 6:34:16 PM UTC, John Clark wrote: On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 12:26 PM, zib...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: You've not answered the logic so far Give me some logic and I'll give you a answer. I thought you were asking how Evolution produced consciousness

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-28 Thread Richard Ruquist
It may just be herding instinct or projection on my part, but it seems that my chickens are more intelligent as a group than individually. I attribute that to a group mind due to entanglement in a mind/matter duality. Richard On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 4:56 PM, Kim Jones kimjo...@ozemail.com.au

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-28 Thread meekerdb
On 11/28/2014 8:40 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 27 Nov 2014, at 18:49, meekerdb wrote: On 11/27/2014 12:19 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 26 Nov 2014, at 23:34, meekerdb wrote: On 11/26/2014 9:53 AM, John Clark wrote: No that is not fine. I DEFINE intelligence just as everybody else does, the

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-28 Thread meekerdb
On 11/28/2014 9:55 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 28 Nov 2014, at 04:27, John Clark wrote: On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 11:30 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: More likely we will make an AI that is intelligent, is not conscious like a human with an

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-28 Thread meekerdb
On 11/28/2014 12:53 PM, LizR wrote: On 29 November 2014 at 04:42, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com mailto:johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote: Kim Jones: Yes but tell me of the examples you have found of Evolution producing intelligence without consciousness.

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-28 Thread LizR
Hi Brent I seem to remember saying that I thought perhaps consciousness is something like awareness of yourself and your environment and asking if you had a better definition a couple of days ago. Did you reply? I don't recall seeing anything. If not - any ideas? On 29 November 2014 at 13:39,

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-28 Thread Kim Jones
On 29 Nov 2014, at 1:37 pm, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Brent I seem to remember saying that I thought perhaps consciousness is something like awareness of yourself and your environment and asking if you had a better definition a couple of days ago. Did you reply? I don't

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-28 Thread meekerdb
I don't think there's a single definition of consciousness because I think there are different kinds, as I indicated below. Brent On 11/28/2014 6:37 PM, LizR wrote: Hi Brent I seem to remember saying that I thought perhaps consciousness is something like awareness of yourself and your

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-28 Thread meekerdb
On 11/28/2014 7:31 PM, Kim Jones wrote: On 29 Nov 2014, at 1:37 pm, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Brent I seem to remember saying that I thought perhaps consciousness is something like awareness of yourself and your environment and asking if you had a better definition a couple of

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-28 Thread John Clark
On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 6:01 PM, zibb...@gmail.com wrote: I was talking about your root idea that Evolution cannot detect consciousness It can't and neither can we. (because we can't, I think you said) The reason isn't because of us, it's just that neither we nor Evolution nor anything

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-28 Thread Kim Jones
On 29 Nov 2014, at 10:08 am, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: It may just be herding instinct or projection on my part, but it seems that my chickens are more intelligent as a group than individually. I attribute that to a group mind due to entanglement in a mind/matter

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-28 Thread John Clark
Kim Jones Evolution is supposed to be the only game in town I don't know who you're quoting but it's not me, and it's not true, at least not anymore. PZ Meyers, Larry Krauss, Dicky Dawkins et al at their atheist/physicalist talkfests I’ve never heard of Meyers but I've read lots of

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-27 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 26 Nov 2014, at 20:23, John Clark wrote: On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 , Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: I agree that consciousness is not intelligence. I agree also. OK. An entity can be competent, without intelligence [...] An entity can be intelligent, without competence I

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-27 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 26 Nov 2014, at 23:34, meekerdb wrote: On 11/26/2014 9:53 AM, John Clark wrote: No that is not fine. I DEFINE intelligence just as everybody else does, the ability to find novel solutions to new problems, the greater the variety of problems the greater the intelligence. I DEDUCE that

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-27 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 26 Nov 2014, at 23:56, meekerdb wrote: On 11/26/2014 11:23 AM, John Clark wrote: On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 , Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: I agree that consciousness is not intelligence. I agree also. An entity can be competent, without intelligence [...] An entity can be

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-27 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 27 Nov 2014, at 01:59, John Clark wrote: On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: I insist also to distinguish intelligence from competence. My understanding is that intelligence refers to learning ability and behavior adaptability to novel circumstances.

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-27 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 27 Nov 2014, at 03:39, meekerdb wrote: On 11/26/2014 4:41 PM, John Clark wrote: On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: I don't think human consciousness is a spandrel If consciousness does not effect intelligent behavior and if Darwin's Theory is correct then there

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-27 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 27 Nov 2014, at 05:33, meekerdb wrote: On 11/26/2014 4:59 PM, John Clark wrote: On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: I insist also to distinguish intelligence from competence. My understanding is that intelligence refers to learning ability and behavior

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-27 Thread zibbsey
On Thursday, November 27, 2014 8:09:34 AM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 26 Nov 2014, at 20:23, John Clark wrote: On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 , Bruno Marchal mar...@ulb.ac.be javascript: wrote: I agree that consciousness is not intelligence. I agree also. OK. An entity can be

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-27 Thread meekerdb
On 11/27/2014 12:19 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 26 Nov 2014, at 23:34, meekerdb wrote: On 11/26/2014 9:53 AM, John Clark wrote: No that is not fine. I DEFINE intelligence just as everybody else does, the ability to find novel solutions to new problems, the greater the variety of problems the

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-27 Thread meekerdb
On 11/27/2014 12:28 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 26 Nov 2014, at 23:56, meekerdb wrote: On 11/26/2014 11:23 AM, John Clark wrote: On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 , Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be mailto:marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: I agree that consciousness is not intelligence. I agree also.

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-27 Thread Kim Jones
On 27 Nov 2014, at 7:28 pm, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: Sometimes intelligence itself can be an handicap for getting the competence. A stupid student can study the course better than a clever student, because the clever student want to understand the details, and get stuck on

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-27 Thread Kim Jones
On 27 Nov 2014, at 7:28 pm, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: Sometimes intelligence itself can be an handicap for getting the competence. A stupid student can study the course better than a clever student, because the clever student want to understand the details, and get stuck on

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-27 Thread Kim Jones
On 28 Nov 2014, at 6:59 am, Kim Jones kimjo...@ozemail.com.au wrote: On 27 Nov 2014, at 7:28 pm, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: Sometimes intelligence itself can be an handicap for getting the competence. A stupid student can study the course better than a clever student,

Re: Edge: Myth of A.I.

2014-11-27 Thread zibbsey
On Thursday, November 27, 2014 8:15:59 PM UTC, Kim Jones wrote: On 28 Nov 2014, at 6:59 am, Kim Jones kimj...@ozemail.com.au javascript: wrote: On 27 Nov 2014, at 7:28 pm, Bruno Marchal mar...@ulb.ac.be javascript: wrote: Sometimes intelligence itself can be an

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