On 14 January 2014 16:13, Edgar L. Owen <[email protected]> wrote: > Liz, > > That's not "artificial intelligence". Completely different concept... >
No it isn't. If we could create an AI, we could put it inside a simulated world, and then it would be equivalent to a character living in a video game. So there wouldn't be someone "living outside the game, strapped to a couch with wires and tubes", in this particular case. Do you think it's impossible to create an AI, even in principle? On Monday, January 13, 2014 10:00:09 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: > >> On 14 January 2014 14:49, Edgar L. Owen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Jason, >>> >>> Come on Jason, the whole notion of 'living inside a video game' is >>> adolescent fantasy. Is there some real person living inside the game? If so >>> he has to actually be living outside the game (a la Matrix strapped to a >>> couch with wires and tubes) and thus subject to the actual laws of reality. >>> >>> If someone is just a character in a video game then he is not a real and >>> actual being and totally irrelevant. >>> >>> I can't believe anyone would take this idea seriously... >>> >>> Lots of people take the idea of artificial intelligence seriously. >> > -- 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.
