John to Andy: > First I should mention that the "hyper intelligent shad of blue" was a > literary allusion to the works of Douglas Adams, for whom there is a shared > fondness with many of my intellectual borthers on this list.
Not lost on me. I meant for you to feel a slight sting when I correctly used hyper- where you had typed superintelligent; it was lost on you. ;-) >>> Artificial intelligence equals artificial life. >> >> Self-perpetuation does not imply reproduction. You show that you >> understand this by making an example of non-reproducing AI. I think >> you are being sloppy with the concept of equality. I think you mean >> presuppose; to have as a prerequisite; take as a given. > > I'm a bit befuddled over the equation of presupposition and equality, but > it's late and I'm in happy but tired mood and needn't bother for now. I meant that your use of "equals" seemed incorrect or at least ambiguous. The sentence worked if I substituted "presupposes". > Unless you're another sneaky attempt by Mary to explore her male side. :-) How would I know if I were Mary's male side? Couldn't she hide that fact from me? I perform poorly on Turing tests. > Please tell us something about yourself. Allaying our wary skepticism or at > least spin us an entertainingly fanciful tale. An introductory story will appear in another thread. Andy Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
