On Tue, Feb 26, 2002 at 11:47:57AM +0000, the hatter said: > Erm, if you restore an AI to the state it was in some time ago, why would > it be any more confused than when it was first in that state ? Unless > you're implying that some part of the AI's 'spirit' isn't included in the > backups, but I can't see an easy way to justify that, given that its > entire construct exists in electronic memory.
Interestingly, this article is on Salon at the moment http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2002/02/25/flesh_machines/index.html -- : it's pretty hard to look miserable when you're spinning on your head
