-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 5/25/10 16:03 , Kevin Wright wrote: > So we can't just create these things, we have to evolve them. > > You know... this really screws with the "intelligent design" theory :) >
(resending, because Thunderbird crashed while sending) "Intelligent design" is a matter of metaphysics, and as such it doesn't necessarily clash with a scientific evolutionary theory. Metaphysics is just a complementary way to model the world for people who think that science can only access to a subset of the world. Back to the rats point: if I discovered a planet with a population of rats, the fact that they in future evolve to self-conscious and intelligent beings is just an hypothesis, not a necessity. In a similar fashion, while I reckon that AI is (slowing) evolving, there is no evidence that guarantees that it won't get stuck at some point between rats and us. - -- Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici - www.tidalwave.it/people [email protected] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEUEARECAAYFAkv74YAACgkQeDweFqgUGxd37ACXbiwcZDKWUs6cdl8FKDtbmTRg sQCfcdHhsVM8LPP8V0/yNkNEeMUqhOA= =AMWI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
