> Possible major misunderstanding : I am not in any shape or form a vitalist. > My argument is solely about whether a thinking machine (brain or computer) > has to be instructed to think rigidly or freely, with or without prior > rules - and whether, with the class of problems that come under AGI, > programming is possible at all.
I have no idea what you mean by "programming" ... Anything that happens on a digital computer is controlled by some program ... hence programmed ... So, the fundamental question seems to be whether entities like flies are digitally simulable or not... I think so, but am open to the possibility that quantum-gravity weirdness renders this false... ben g ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=89502643-dc40c1
