On 9/25/2012 3:33 PM, meekerdb wrote:
On 9/25/2012 12:24 PM, William R. Buckley wrote:
From:[email protected] [mailto:everything-
>[email protected]] On Behalf Of Roger Clough
>Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 5:26 AM
>To: everything-list
>Subject: Can a computer make independent choices ?
>
>Hi Stephen P. King
>
>I don't deny that a computer can optimize itself,
>but I deny that the operation is autonomous,
>meaning independent, for ultimately it is software
>dependent, using a program written by an outsider.
>True intelligence and true consciousness must be
>to whatever extent possible independent of outside
>help or perspective.
Which just means the learned component of behavior should be big
compared to the built-in component. Just as we don't think of animals
as intelligent when they simply follow instincts but we do think them
intelligent when they learn things.
Brent
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Simple prejudice explains that...
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Onward!
Stephen
http://webpages.charter.net/stephenk1/Outlaw/Outlaw.html
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