On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 8:58 AM, Roger Clough <rclo...@verizon.net> wrote:
>But computers can only do what their programs/hardware tell them to do. > If computers only did what their programers told them to do their would be absolutely no point in building computers because they would know what the machines would end up doing before it even started working on the problem. And you can't solve problems without your hardware so I don't see why you expect a computer to. > > To be intelligent they have to be able to make choices beyond that. > We're back to invoking that mystical word "choices" as if it solves a philosophical absurdity. It does not. They should be able to beat me at poker even though they have no poker > program. > Why? You can't play poker if you don't know something about the game and neither can the computer. And you can cry sour grapes all you want about how the computer isn't "really" intelligent but it will do you no good because at the end of the day the fact remains that the computer has won all your money at poker and you're dead broke. I said it before I'll say it again, if computers don't have intelligence then they have something better. > Leibniz would say, "If there's no God, we'd have to invent him so > everything could function." > And I would say "what's God's theory on how he is able to keep things functioning?" John K Clark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
