We're already willing to attribute sentience to a crude pattern matching programme (ELIZA, was it?), our pets, stuffed toys - and of course in times gone by rocks, clouds, trees, the sea, the stars and so on. I don't think people attributing sentience to something is very meaningful.
On 12 February 2015 at 04:44, Jason Resch <[email protected]> wrote: > http://techcrunch.com/2015/02/09/google-spot-dog-robot/ > > The more animal-like they seem the more people will be willing to > attribute to it sentience. > > Jason > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
