--- Anthony George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, Don't flame me for my ignorance. I'm not educated in any way > that is relevant to this list, so my question will certainly appear > cartoonish to > y'all. But, I want to ask the list whether or not there has been any > trend or attempt to incorporate reflexivity into an AGI model. By > reflexivity I > mean, basically, two computers that interact with each other but, > perhaps, > don't "know" that they are two separate computers. This is just > based on an > intuitive image that I've had: that consciousness might be something > like > the tension between two viewpoints, and not either of the viewpoints > themselves. Two speakers oriented the same way with their soundwaves > going > out would be the two computers, where the soundwaves interact would > be where > the "AGI" would be. > Fear not. I am not going to start spamming this list with silly, > ignorant, ideas. Just wanted to get it straight from the folks in > the > "know" that this image is based on nothing relevant, or that someone > has already thought of it and pursued it. > > Thanks > Tony
Why is consciousness relevant to AGI? I believe Turing addressed this in 1950. If a machine can appear to think like a human, it doesn't matter if it really does or not. -- Matt Mahoney, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: http://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=101455710-f059c4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
