On Friday, September 13, 2019 at 9:07:58 AM UTC-6, John Clark wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 9:18 AM Alan Grayson <[email protected] > <javascript:>> 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 just meant to indicate it can be programmed to improve its performance, but I see nothing to indicate that it's much different from ordinary computers which don't show any property associated with, for want of a better word, WILL. AG > > >> *> 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? > OK, AG > > 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] <javascript:>. >> 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/24ddac74-46f5-4267-9cdf-dba7db95dfe5%40googlegroups.com.
