On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 4:15 AM, Roger Clough <[email protected]> wrote:
> ROGER: But if a computer beats you at an intelligent task, it would have to > be programmed to do so. > which means that its intelligence would be that of the programmer. This > is always the case. > Computers cannot make free choices on arbitray problems. So they have no > intelligence. But if a human beats you at an intelligent task he would have been programmed to do so - by evolution, by parents, teachers and various other aspects of the environment. So the intelligence of the human is really the intelligence of his programmers. -- 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.
