On 17 January 2014 12:07, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > On 17 January 2014 14:00, Stathis Papaioannou <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 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. >> > I checked the definition a short whle ago on Wikipedia .... which > equivocates, imho, saying consciousness is "Associated with" strong AI, and > that Weak AI is basically "making computers do clever things" (with no > pretension to being like humans). > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strong_AI
Historically, AI researchers did not consider the question of whether a computer that behaves intelligently was conscious, on the assumption that intelligence was observable while consciousness was not and therefore not a fit subject for scientists. This makes it a bit confusing when terms such as strong AI/ weak AI are appropriated by philosophers such as Searle. -- 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 [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.
