Hi Stathis Papaioannou Yes, hardware and software cannot feel anything because there is no subject to actually feel anything. There is no "I" , as in "I feel that", there is only sensors and reactive mechanisms.
Roger Clough, [email protected] 8/28/2012 Leibniz would say, "If there's no God, we'd have to invent him so everything could function." ----- Receiving the following content ----- From: Stathis Papaioannou Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-08-28, 08:50:23 Subject: Re: Re: Two reasons why computers IMHO cannot exhibit intelligence On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 10:40 PM, Roger Clough <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Bruno Marchal > > I don't agree. Machines must function according to their software and > hardware, > neither of which are their own. And so, machines cannot do anything > not intended by the software author in his software program and constrained > by the hardware. > So machines cannot make autonomous decisions, they can only > make decisions intended by the software programmer. Could you explain how humans are *not* constrained by their software and hardware? I think you have a magical view about how biological organisms function. -- 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. -- 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.
