As Keith Henson once told me, "If Randell Mills's SunCell turns out to work, it will be the system programmers messing with us."
On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 10:14 AM Matt Mahoney <[email protected]> wrote: > Surely anyone who believes that AGI is possible wouldn't also believe > in souls or heaven or ghosts??? Your brain is a computer, right? > > On Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 9:46 AM John Rose <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > The only interaction I ever had with Minksy was regarding the existence > of one's soul. My position went along the lines of the soul being like an > avatar referenced after a person's passing. Kind of like ghosts. Do ghosts > exist? People have always talked about them. There are mental artifacts > happening there do they have a purpose? Parents may tell their children > don't go out into the dark a ghost might get you and really something could > actually get them. Then I think about K-complexity. Does it exist? For > simple things yes. But what about the K-complexity of the earth, does it > exist? Show it to me. Or is it like a ghost who’s real purpose is something > else... > > Artificial General Intelligence List / AGI / see discussions + > participants + delivery options Permalink > > -- > -- Matt Mahoney, [email protected] ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T07361bd0216a4e97-M9c31a3b98b17e8688d619982 Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
