On Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 9:18 AM Alan Grayson <[email protected]> wrote:
>> The only thing I can ascribe consciousness to with absolute certainty is >> me. As for intelligence, if something, man or machine, has no way of >> knowing when it made a mistake or got a question wrong it will never get any >> better, but if it has feedback and can improve its ability to correctly >> answer difficult questions then it is intelagent. The only reason I ascribe >> intelligence to Einstein is that he greatly improved his ability to answer >> difficult physics questions (like what is the nature of space and time?), >> he was much better at it when he was 27 than when he was 7. >> > > *> The point I am making is that modern computers programmed by skillful > programmers, can improve the "AI"'s performance. * > Well yes. Obviously a skilled programer can improve a AI but that's not the only thing that can, a modern AI programs can improve its own performance. > *> I see nothing to specially characterize this as "artifical > intelligence". What am I missing from your perspective? AG* > It's certainly artificial and if computers had never been invented and a human did exactly what the computer did you wouldn't hesitate for one nanosecond in calling what the human did intelligent, so why in the world isn't it Artificial Intelligence? 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/02eba413-dc29-4621-9692-ae9e8cfba125%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/02eba413-dc29-4621-9692-ae9e8cfba125%40googlegroups.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/CAJPayv25Lv1v2KJ-NZZVF3gQ%2BNsPHctUardN3%3DAO2TMFX-tQaw%40mail.gmail.com.
