On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 12:19 PM spudboy100 via Everything List < [email protected]> wrote:
> Agnostic, Mind-Brain thing is good with me. According to a brief article, > some theorists have mused about consciousness in the absence of matter. > Check it out. It will either be a good laugh for you, but once in a while, > the 'lofty' stuff works for me. > As soon as the article mentioned Deepak Chopra I knew that we were deep into woo-woo territory.... Bruce > From: Bruce Kellett <[email protected]> > > On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 10:39 AM spudboy100 via Everything List < > [email protected]> wrote: > > It would be (will be?) interesting when we achieve this. Serious, academic > bench computer scientists are actively working on variations of machine > intelligence to make this happen, money to be made. Are you stating that > making a hyper-smart machine is impossible? > > > No, I am agnostic about the possibility. Certainly I am not a Cartesian > dualist -- mind-brain identity is the thing..... > > Bruce > > > Are you a spiritualist? A Cartesian dualist imputing a magic substance? > :-) > > > From: Bruce Kellett <[email protected]> > On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 6:44 AM spudboy100 via Everything List < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > So, if we develop AI to come up with new, better, equations, this would be > good with you, because, non-human? > > Perhaps he could usefully have added: "nor to be in perfect harmony with > any humanly devised equation." > > Bruce > > > Go for it, man! First develop your super-intelligent AI.......... And then > see if the world conforms to its predictions...... > > 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/CAFxXSLSR8NfcwfJ%2B%2BGxVWvg76%3Dy1%3DLq4pSkU_wn9CtD3XcV59A%40mail.gmail.com.
