On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 5:06 PM, Colin Geoffrey Hales <[email protected]> wrote:
> 1) simulation of the chemistry or physics underlying the brain is impossible > > It’s quite possible, just irrelevant! ‘Chemistry’ and ‘physics’ are terms > for models of the natural world used to describe how natural processes > appear to an observer inside the universe. You can simulate (compute > physics/chem. models) until you turn blue, and be as right as you want: all > you will do is predict how the universe appears to an observer. > > > > This has nothing to do with creating artificial intelligence. If you predict how the universe will appear to an observer you can predict what a human will say when presented with a particular problem, and isn't that a human-level AI by definition? -- 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.
