On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 12:40 PM, Quentin Anciaux <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> Matter always matters. >> > > > > I repeat if there is *absolutely no sensors writing **any** information in > a *memory location* readable by the AI program > And I repeat, If the microprocessor made of matter that obeys the laws of physics can't sense **any** information in the AI program then the AI program is not running, it's not intelligent it's just a inert list of instructions DOING nothing. > > > how can that affect if ? how can it knows that external world ?* > It could have memories of that external world before the sensors were detached, if they were never attached then it could have no knowledge of that world but it would still have knowledge of some virtual world in its memory banks. If the stuff in its memory bank is not rich enough to be called a world then it wouldn't be a AI program, it would just be a program. > > yes the AI program runs on a physical computer if you want, > It's not what I want that's important, it's the universe that insists that the AI program be running on a computer made of matter that obeys the laws of physics; nobody has ever made a calculation without physical matter. > > > and stopping it, stops the program > Agreed. > > > > from the POV of the AI program, that physical world has no bearing on it > nor even existence, as *nothing from it* absolutely *no information about > that external world* is passed to it, > Regardless of how abstract the AI's thoughts may be you can bet money that the physical state of its memory banks and the physical state of its microprocessors WILL have a bearing on it! 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.
