On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 9:09 PM, Craig Weinberg <[email protected]> wrote: >> I'd say that if it produced the same outputs for the same inputs, it >> would be conscious in the same way. > > You're not saying that something like voicemail is conscious in the > same way that a live operator saying the same words (impersonating the > script and function of the voicemail) though, right? At what point > does an advanced voicemail system become conscious?
Obviously I can't have a conversation with a voicemail system - it's just a recording, it doesn't understand what I'm saying, and it therefore can't respond in a humanlike way. If it could carry out a normal conversation for a few minutes then it would probably be conscious. -- Stathis Papaioannou -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
