On 17 January 2014 11:43, Jason Resch <jasonre...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 6:42 PM, LizR <lizj...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On 17 January 2014 13:34, Stathis Papaioannou <stath...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> I meant that if the physics of the brain is computable it follows as a >>> straighforward deduction that it would *at least* be possible to make >>> a philosophical zombie. It is then a further argument to show that it >>> would not be a zombie but a conscious being. >>> >> I don't see this. Why would it at least be possible to make a p-zombie? >> (And if you can show by a further argument that it's a conscious being, then >> clearly it wasn't a zombie...) >> > > I think he means that strong AI would be possible, and then strong AI + comp > -> conscious programs.
At least *weak* AI would be possible. Weak AI means computers could do everything we do but without necessarily being conscious. Strong AI means they would also be conscious. -- Stathis Papaioannou -- 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
