On Sun, Feb 1, 2015 Russell Standish <[email protected]> wrote: >> EVERYBODY know how to test for consciousness, intelligence >> behavior is the test, and and without exception every person on this list >> has used that test at least once every single day of their lives. The >> entire thing is completely uncontroversial UNTIL you try to apply it to a >> computer, and then all of a sudden people insist on changing the rules of >> the game because they don't like who's winning. > >
>Not quite true. We also know that other humans are constructed the same > way we are. > No, we know for a fact that is NOT true. If everybody was constructed the same way I am they'd be me. They're not. > Of course there will always be some people who won't grant consciousness > (or a soul) to a machine under any circumstances, Yes, I've noticed. > > just as there used to be people who didn't think black people, or women, > possessed a soul. > And I can't prove with mathematical rigour that they were wrong about that, but I really think they were. 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/d/optout.
