On 28 November 2014 at 10:41, Kim Jones <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On 28 Nov 2014, at 8:35 am, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 26 November 2014 at 22:52, Bruno Marchal <[email protected]> wrote: > >> You need consciousness to develop intelligence, and you need intelligence >> to develop competence. >> > > IN my humble opinion you don't need consciousness to develop intelligence. > Large parts of our own brains behave intelligently - e.g. processing visual > images - without being conscious. Evolution has developed (relatively) > intelligent behaviour in animals and plants that are probably not > conscious. The immune response is certainly more intelligent (in terms of > keeping the organism containing it alive) than letting diseases kill it, > but I doubt it involves consciousness. > > Does this mean my Kiwi-designed new $2000 Fysher & Pykel fridge is > intelligent? > The clue's in the words "Kiwi designed" :-) Yes, I imagine a fridge can probably react intelligently to input within some very narrow range. So yes it probably has some rudimentary intelligence designed in, probably less than an ant has, but certainly some. And we *know* ants aren't conscious (paging Russell...!) -- 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/d/optout.
