On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 9:28 AM, Roger Clough <rclo...@verizon.net> wrote:
> Hi benjayk > > Computers have no intelligence --not a whit, since intelligence requires > ability to choose, choice requires awareness or Cs, which in term requires > an aware subject. Thus only living entities can have ingtelligence. > A bacterium thus has more intel;ligence than a computer, > even the largest in the world. > > > Your proof is missing a step: showing why computers cannot have an aware subject Another problem is that your assumption that the ability to choose requires consciousness means that deep blue (which chooses optimum chess moves), and Watson (who chose categories and wagers in Jeopardy) are conscious. I don't dispute that they may be conscious, but if they are that contradicts the objective of your proof. If you still maintain that they are not conscious, despite their ability to choose, then there must be some error in your argument. Jason -- 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.
