On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Craig Weinberg <[email protected]> wrote:
> Funny that you picked spiders as an example of organisms that don't > build a world of their own. Spiders build webs. Beavers build dams. > Coral builds reefs. What do transistors build when left to their own > devices? It's not a non sequiur - that's a false accusation. Nothing > that a transistor does or any group of transistors regardless of how > many or in how sophisticated of an array has ever resulted in anything > like a transistor altering it's physical or logical environment for > it's own reasons. A transistor will not figure ever out anything new > about itself or it's universe. Neurons routinely do that. Brains have reasons programmed into them by evolution. Occasionally they do things with no survival value, like try to kill themselves. An AI would be programmed to learn, to have goals, and perhaps to modify its goals - although that might be dangerous for us. -- 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.
