Re: COMP refutation paper - finally out

2011-06-16 Thread Bruno Marchal
Hi Benjayk, Bruno Marchal wrote: We just cannot do artificial intelligence in a provable manner. We need chance, or luck. Even if we get some intelligent machine, we will not know-it-for sure (perhaps just believe it correctly). But this is a quite weak statement, isn't it? It just

Re: COMP refutation paper - finally out

2011-06-16 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 15 Jun 2011, at 21:20, benjayk wrote: Hi Bruno, Bruno Marchal wrote: I think that comp might imply that simple virgin (non programmed) universal (and immaterial) machine are already conscious. Perhaps even maximally conscious. What could maximally conscious mean? My intuition says

Re: COMP refutation paper - finally out

2011-06-16 Thread meekerdb
On 6/16/2011 7:38 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Concerning the learning competence of a machine, I measure it by the classes of computable functions that the machine is able to identify from finite samples of input-outputs. This leads to the computational learning theory or inductive inference

Re: COMP refutation paper - finally out

2011-06-16 Thread Russell Standish
On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 03:34:51PM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote: So we agree violently on this, to borrow an expression to Russell (I think). To be fair, Brent used this expression when agreeing with me on something. But it is a good one! Cheers --

Re: COMP refutation paper - finally out

2011-06-15 Thread Russell Standish
Hi Colin, I'm having a read through your paper now, and have a few comments to keep the juices of debate flowing on this list. Firstly, I'd like to say well done - you have written a very clear paper in what is a very murky subject. I have two comments right now - but I haven't finished, so

Re: COMP refutation paper - finally out

2011-06-15 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 14 Jun 2011, at 21:19, Terren Suydam wrote: Thanks for the reply Bruno, comments below... On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 9:53 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: doesn't that imply the possibility of an artificial intelligence? In a weak sense of Artificial Intelligence, yes. In a

Re: COMP refutation paper - finally out

2011-06-15 Thread meekerdb
On 6/15/2011 6:56 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Doesn't this objection only apply to attempts to construct an AI with human-equivalent intelligence? As a counter example I'm thinking here of Ben Goertzel's OpenCog, an attempt at artificial general intelligence (AGI), whose design is informed by a

Re: COMP refutation paper - finally out

2011-06-15 Thread benjayk
Hi Bruno, Bruno Marchal wrote: We just cannot do artificial intelligence in a provable manner. We need chance, or luck. Even if we get some intelligent machine, we will not know-it-for sure (perhaps just believe it correctly). But this is a quite weak statement, isn't it? It just

Re: COMP refutation paper - finally out

2011-06-15 Thread benjayk
Hi Bruno, Bruno Marchal wrote: I think that comp might imply that simple virgin (non programmed) universal (and immaterial) machine are already conscious. Perhaps even maximally conscious. What could maximally conscious mean? My intuition says quite strongly that consciousness is a

Re: COMP refutation paper - finally out

2011-06-15 Thread John Mikes
Dear Brent, let me cut in with your last par: *...There is a tendency to talk about human-equivalent intelligence or human level intelligence as an ultimate goal. Human intelligence evolved to enhance certain functions: cooperation, seduction, bargaining, deduction,... There's no reason to

Re: COMP refutation paper - finally out

2011-06-15 Thread Terren Suydam
Bruno, I think that comp might imply that simple virgin (non programmed) universal (and immaterial) machine are already conscious. Perhaps even maximally conscious. This sounds like a comp variant of panpsychism (platopsychism?)... in which consciousness is axiomatically proposed as a

Re: COMP refutation paper - finally out

2011-06-14 Thread Bruno Marchal
Hi Terren, On 13 Jun 2011, at 18:46, Terren Suydam wrote: Long time lurker here, very intrigued by all the discussions here when I have time for them! Earlier in response to Colin Hales you wrote: Actually, comp prevents artificial intelligence. Can you elaborate on this? If we assume

Re: COMP refutation paper - finally out

2011-06-14 Thread Terren Suydam
Thanks for the reply Bruno, comments below... On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 9:53 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: doesn't that imply the possibility of an artificial intelligence? In a weak sense of Artificial Intelligence, yes. In a strong sense, no. If you are duplicated at the right

Re: COMP refutation paper - finally out

2011-06-14 Thread Evgenii Rudnyi
The difference is in the paper and should be non-existent of COMP is true. Now I see your point. Thanks, I have missed it. On 14.06.2011 01:41 Colin Hales said the following: Hi Evgenii, I expect you are not alone in struggling with the Natural Computation (NC) vs Artificial Computation

Re: COMP refutation paper - finally out

2011-06-13 Thread Terren Suydam
Hi Bruno, Long time lurker here, very intrigued by all the discussions here when I have time for them! Earlier in response to Colin Hales you wrote: Actually, comp prevents artificial intelligence. Can you elaborate on this? If we assume comp (I say yes to the doctor) then I can be

Re: COMP refutation paper - finally out

2011-06-13 Thread Evgenii Rudnyi
Colin, Thanks for the paper. I have just browsed it. Two small notes. I like [Turing et al., 2008]. It seems that he has passed his test successfully. I find term Natural Computation (NC) a bit confusing. I guess that I understand what you means but the term Computation sounds ambiguously,

Re: COMP refutation paper - finally out

2011-06-13 Thread Colin Hales
Hi Evgenii, I expect you are not alone in struggling with the Natural Computation (NC) vs Artificial Computation (AC) idea. The difference is in the paper and should be non-existent of COMP is true. The paper then shows a place where it can't be true hence AC and NC are different .ie. the

Re: COMP refutation paper - finally out

2011-06-11 Thread Colin Hales
Hi Bruno. I have sent it to you. The key to the paper is that it should be regarded as an engineering document. I am embarked on building a real AGI using the real physical world of components in an act of science. Based on being inspired and guided by neuroscience, I have identified two

Re: COMP refutation paper - finally out

2011-06-11 Thread Bruno Marchal
Hi Colin, I have sent it to you. Thanks. The key to the paper is that it should be regarded as an engineering document. I am embarked on building a real AGI using the real physical world of components in an act of science. OK. Although, as you know, (or should know) the real

Re: COMP refutation paper - finally out

2011-06-11 Thread benjayk
Hi Bruno, Bruno Marchal wrote: Actually, comp prevents artificial intelligence. This does not prevent the existence, and even the apparition, of intelligent machines. But this might happen *despite* humans, instead of 'thanks to the humans'. This sounds really strange. So if we

Re: COMP refutation paper - finally out

2011-06-11 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 11 Jun 2011, at 19:03, benjayk wrote: Hi Bruno, Bruno Marchal wrote: Actually, comp prevents artificial intelligence. This does not prevent the existence, and even the apparition, of intelligent machines. But this might happen *despite* humans, instead of 'thanks to the humans'. This

Re: COMP refutation paper - finally out

2011-06-11 Thread meekerdb
On 6/11/2011 12:41 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 11 Jun 2011, at 19:03, benjayk wrote: Hi Bruno, Bruno Marchal wrote: Actually, comp prevents artificial intelligence. This does not prevent the existence, and even the apparition, of intelligent machines. But this might happen *despite*

Re: COMP refutation paper - finally out

2011-06-09 Thread Bruno Marchal
Hi Colin, On 07 Jun 2011, at 09:42, Colin Hales wrote: Hi, Hales, C. G. 'On the Status of Computationalism as a Law of Nature', International Journal of Machine Consciousness vol. 3, no. 1, 2011. 1-35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S1793843011000613 The paper has finally been published.

Re: COMP refutation paper - finally out

2011-06-08 Thread Russell Standish
Hi Colin, I'm interested in a preprint. I know I saw an earlier version, but I'm interested in how it looks nowm after going through referees. Cheers On Wed, Jun 08, 2011 at 11:15:24AM +1000, Colin Hales wrote: Hi, JoMC is relatively new. My own institution (Unimelb) doesn't subscribe

Re: COMP refutation paper - finally out

2011-06-07 Thread Stephen Paul King
Hi Colin, Any chance that us non-university affiliated types can get a copy of your paper? Onward! Stephen -Original Message- From: Colin Hales Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 3:42 AM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: COMP refutation paper - finally out Hi, Hales, C.

Re: COMP refutation paper - finally out

2011-06-07 Thread meekerdb
Even an affiliation doesn't seem to help. Brent On 6/7/2011 1:49 AM, Stephen Paul King wrote: Hi Colin, Any chance that us non-university affiliated types can get a copy of your paper? Onward! Stephen -Original Message- From: Colin Hales Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 3:42 AM

Re: COMP refutation paper - finally out

2011-06-07 Thread Colin Hales
Hi, JoMC is relatively new. My own institution (Unimelb) doesn't subscribe the Journal is very specialized as well The ISI search engine won't see it either. It takes time for the journals to earn enough cred to get visible and accessible... even the Journal of Consciousness Studies

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