Steve, That’s because you are being frankly just too uncreative to consider alternatives. A creative person ALWAYS considers mechanical/software alternatives. There is no such thing as a unique machine – only one way of achieving an effect.
You’re assuming that the only form of mechanical thought is an algo – to argue otherwise according to you is to be a religious kook. Well, the human conscious mind is part of a machine, and you have to be literally out of that mind, to think it is algorithmic –as I explained. The real religious kook here , stifling creative thought, questioning and ideas - , is YOU. From: Steve Richfield Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 7:43 PM To: AGI Subject: Re: [agi] Steps of Thought Will Follow the Discovery of Forms-of-Thought Mike, Your postings remind me of a Christian Science friend, who sees ever so clearly that AGI is impossible, because machines can't reach into the great beyond where our souls reside. Continuing... On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 11:12 AM, Mike Tintner <[email protected]> wrote: Are you prepared to dump algos and look for some other kind of programming? This question appears to be oxymoronic. What else is there? Steve ================== From: Jim Bromer Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 6:48 PM To: AGI Subject: [agi] Steps of Thought Will Follow the Discovery of Forms-of-Thought One of the problems I have had with the theories that are discussed in AI/AGI discussions, is that they do not seem to answer the most basic of questions. They never seem to be clearly related to the way we actually think. There are explanations for this. First of all computer programming is not the same as our personal experiences of thinking. This leads to some fracturing of the principles of thought. Secondly, most of us have a sense that we have to understand the underlying form-of-thought in order to understand how thought might take place. And this is probably true. Jim Bromer AGI | Archives | Modify Your Subscription AGI | Archives | Modify Your Subscription -- Full employment can be had with the stoke of a pen. Simply institute a six hour workday. That will easily create enough new jobs to bring back full employment. AGI | Archives | Modify Your Subscription ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
