I think no one in their right minds would dispute the existence of computer *intelligence*. Even in the 1950s, computers could do some things that required the exercise of intelligence, and they've only got better. Maybe I should have said even in the 1890s, or whenever the Analytical Engine was proposed, because that WOULD have shown intelligence had it been built. Surely the real argument is about consciousness? (Assuming it isn't some form of "user interface" or illusion, as per Dennett etc).
On 27 November 2013 18:01, John Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 3:17 PM, Gabriel Bodeen <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > So in the event that somebody actually does make AI, please recall this >> and consider your [ Roger B Clough's] philosophical system to have been >> falsified. >> > > It's already been falsified. At one time everybody on the planet agreed > that solving equations, playing a great game of chess, being a superb > research librarian, or winning at Jeopardy required intelligence; but when > computers got better at those tasks than humans suddenly they didn't > require intelligence anymore. It seems that the definition of > "intelligence" is whatever computers still aren't good at, and thus the > number of tasks that require "intelligence" shrinks rather dramatically > every year. Right now image recognition still requires intelligence and is > a key to our humanity, but in 10 years, possibly 5, that will all change > and Roger B Clough will be saying that image recognition has absolutely > nothing to do with intelligence. > > John K Clark > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
