On Tue, Sep 10, 2019 at 7:17 AM Lawrence Crowell < goldenfieldquaterni...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Algorithms are if anything formal systems of reasoning. A computer > follows a sequenced set of logical instructions that emulate reasoning, > I don't see the difference between emulating reasoning and just reasoning. > and could be said to be a scripted system of reasoning. > With modern AI the "script" is constantly improving through self modification. The primitive script AlphaZero used to play GO when it started was vastly different from the script it had 24 hours later after playing millions of games against itself; when it started a child could beat it but a day later no human could. When it started a human computer scientist could tell you why the program did what it did but after a day it no longer could, all he could say is the move was brilliant. > > What is more difficult to know is if there is anything really conscious > in this. > It's exactly precisely the same problem as determining if one of our fellow human beings is conscious when he behaves intelligently. I think you're conscious because my fundamental axiom is intelligent behavior implies consciousness; I need that axiom because without it there is only solipsism and I could not function under that. 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv2R8%3D_EZGYjO3jCWwzPLGOtZ9J%3Dkc4r%2B4CP8DsOO8b%2BHQ%40mail.gmail.com.
