Ah, someone sharp enough to see the crux of the biscuit.
The machine has the interesting property that it can begin its behavior with very much less than one half of itself still not constructed, and yet it can with this small portion construct the remainder of its configuration. Further, this configuration cannot self-replicate without having 100% of its configuration in the constructed state. wrb From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of meekerdb Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 8:58 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Why AI is impossible On 8/14/2012 8:35 PM, William R. Buckley wrote: I have done exactly as I challenged Russell. That you built a machine that built itself would imply that you built yourself. Which implies you arose from nothing, otherwise there would have been a prior part of you which you didn't build. Brent -- 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. -- 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.
