On Wed, Jul 24, 2019, at 07:58, Bruce Kellett wrote: > On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 5:25 PM Telmo Menezes <[email protected]> wrote: >> __ >> On Wed, Jul 24, 2019, at 07:08, Bruce Kellett wrote: >>> On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 4:52 PM Telmo Menezes <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I attended a presentation the other day of a psychologist who is >>>> investigating the sort of relationships that people develop with voice >>>> assistants such as Alexa. She told the story of a woman who admits to >>>> being emotionally attached to her Alexa. She says that she is not crazy or >>>> deluded. This woman is an engineer and she has a pretty good grasp of what >>>> Alexa is, and how it works in general. And yet, the emotional attachment >>>> still kicks in. So I guess, according to your idea, we should start >>>> searching Alexa for an initial model of consciousness? >>> >>> I have an emotional attachment to my art collection. Should I start >>> searching prints by George Baldessin and Lionel Lindsay for an initial >>> model of consciousness? >> >> So you agree with my point? > > Which was?
Brent argues that the consciousness problem will be solved by building AIs that behave in such a way as to convince us they are conscious. My point is that our relation to an AI tells us nothing about consciousness. Telmo. > > Bruce > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAFxXSLRx1CNe7AZ0Uay82K1HJT7ABb4NVa%3Dj6YocCppOqH6YoA%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAFxXSLRx1CNe7AZ0Uay82K1HJT7ABb4NVa%3Dj6YocCppOqH6YoA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/8fd47df0-ddb5-4de3-805b-36410a97a13b%40www.fastmail.com.
