Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-18 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Sunday, February 17, 2013 1:11:05 PM UTC-5, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 15 Feb 2013, at 22:14, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Thursday, February 14, 2013 11:20:12 AM UTC-5, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 13 Feb 2013, at 23:37, Stephen P. King wrote, to Craig Weinberg Baudrillard is not talking

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-17 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.com wrote: I think that any debate that even considers word definitions to be real is a waste of time. If we're discussing cows but you understand by that word what most people understand by the word sheep shouldn't we get this

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-17 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 11:44 PM, Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net wrote: Umm, are you OK with anthropomorphication... ? Let me ask a different question: In your opinion, does the universe 'out there' have to have properties that match up one-to-one with some finite list of

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-17 Thread meekerdb
On 2/17/2013 4:17 AM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 11:44 PM, Stephen P. Kingstephe...@charter.net wrote: Umm, are you OK with anthropomorphication... ? Let me ask a different question: In your opinion, does the universe 'out there' have to have properties that match

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-17 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 15 Feb 2013, at 22:14, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Thursday, February 14, 2013 11:20:12 AM UTC-5, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 13 Feb 2013, at 23:37, Stephen P. King wrote, to Craig Weinberg Baudrillard is not talking about consciousness in particular, only the sum of whatever is in the

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-17 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 16 Feb 2013, at 01:01, Stephen P. King wrote: On 2/15/2013 11:12 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 14 Feb 2013, at 22:00, Stephen P. King wrote: On 2/14/2013 11:20 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 13 Feb 2013, at 23:37, Stephen P. King wrote, to Craig Weinberg Baudrillard is not talking about

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-17 Thread Stephen P. King
On 2/17/2013 7:17 AM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 11:44 PM, Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net wrote: Umm, are you OK with anthropomorphication... ? Let me ask a different question: In your opinion, does the universe 'out there' have to have properties that match

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-17 Thread Stephen P. King
On 2/17/2013 1:10 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 2/17/2013 4:17 AM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 11:44 PM, Stephen P. Kingstephe...@charter.net wrote: Umm, are you OK with anthropomorphication... ? Let me ask a different question: In your opinion, does the universe 'out

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-16 Thread John Clark
On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.com wrote: * *Wouldn’t Simulated Intelligence be a more appropriate term than Artificial Intelligence? Yes that euphemism [Simulated Intelligence] could have advantages, it might make the last human being feel a little better about

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-16 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Friday, February 15, 2013 7:23:28 PM UTC-5, Stephen Paul King wrote: On 2/15/2013 4:07 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Wednesday, February 13, 2013 11:01:30 PM UTC-5, Stephen Paul King wrote: On 2/13/2013 9:41 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Wednesday, February 13, 2013 5:37:08

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-16 Thread Stephen P. King
On 2/16/2013 2:17 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Friday, February 15, 2013 7:23:28 PM UTC-5, Stephen Paul King wrote: On 2/15/2013 4:07 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Wednesday, February 13, 2013 11:01:30 PM UTC-5, Stephen Paul King wrote: On 2/13/2013 9:41 PM, Craig

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-16 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Saturday, February 16, 2013 6:46:46 PM UTC-5, Stephen Paul King wrote: On 2/16/2013 2:17 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Friday, February 15, 2013 7:23:28 PM UTC-5, Stephen Paul King wrote: On 2/15/2013 4:07 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Wednesday, February 13, 2013 11:01:30 PM

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-15 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 3:03 PM, Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net wrote: I meant if the table talks to you just like a person does, giving you consistently interesting conversation and useful advice on a wide variety of subjects. Unless it's a trick and there's a hidden speaker

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-15 Thread Stephen P. King
On 2/15/2013 6:26 AM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 3:03 PM, Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net wrote: I meant if the table talks to you just like a person does, giving you consistently interesting conversation and useful advice on a wide variety of subjects. Unless

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-15 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 14 Feb 2013, at 22:00, Stephen P. King wrote: On 2/14/2013 11:20 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 13 Feb 2013, at 23:37, Stephen P. King wrote, to Craig Weinberg Baudrillard is not talking about consciousness in particular, only the sum of whatever is in the original which is not

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-15 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Wednesday, February 13, 2013 11:01:30 PM UTC-5, Stephen Paul King wrote: On 2/13/2013 9:41 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Wednesday, February 13, 2013 5:37:08 PM UTC-5, Stephen Paul King wrote: On 2/13/2013 5:21 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-15 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Thursday, February 14, 2013 11:20:12 AM UTC-5, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 13 Feb 2013, at 23:37, Stephen P. King wrote, to Craig Weinberg Baudrillard is not talking about consciousness in particular, only the sum of whatever is in the original which is not accessible in the copy. His

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-15 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Friday, February 15, 2013 12:23:44 AM UTC-5, John Clark wrote: On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 Craig Weinberg whats...@gmail.com javascript:wrote: * *Wouldn’t Simulated Intelligence be a more appropriate term than Artificial Intelligence? Yes that euphemism could have advantages, it might make

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-15 Thread Stephen P. King
On 2/15/2013 11:12 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 14 Feb 2013, at 22:00, Stephen P. King wrote: On 2/14/2013 11:20 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 13 Feb 2013, at 23:37, Stephen P. King wrote, to Craig Weinberg Baudrillard is not talking about consciousness in particular, only the sum of

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-15 Thread Stephen P. King
On 2/15/2013 4:07 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Wednesday, February 13, 2013 11:01:30 PM UTC-5, Stephen Paul King wrote: On 2/13/2013 9:41 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Wednesday, February 13, 2013 5:37:08 PM UTC-5, Stephen Paul King wrote: On 2/13/2013 5:21 PM, Craig

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-14 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 13 Feb 2013, at 20:44, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Wednesday, February 13, 2013 12:46:23 PM UTC-5, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 13 Feb 2013, at 17:35, Craig Weinberg wrote: Wouldn’t Simulated Intelligence be a more appropriate term than Artificial Intelligence? A better term would be

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-14 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Wednesday, February 13, 2013 10:38:21 PM UTC-5, stathisp wrote: On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 2:27 PM, Craig Weinberg whats...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: Whether the intelligence has the same associated consciousness or not is a matter for debate, but not the intelligence itself.

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-14 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 13 Feb 2013, at 23:40, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Wednesday, February 13, 2013 5:11:32 PM UTC-5, Stephen Paul King wrote: On 2/13/2013 2:58 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 2/13/2013 8:35 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote: Wouldn�t Simulated Intelligence be a more appropriate term than Artificial

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-14 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 13 Feb 2013, at 23:51, Stephen P. King wrote: On 2/13/2013 5:40 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: [SPK wrote} What difference that makes a difference does that make in the grand scheme of things? The point is that we cannot 'prove' that we are not in a gigantic simulation. Yeah, we cannot prove

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-14 Thread Stephen P. King
On 2/14/2013 10:49 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 13 Feb 2013, at 23:51, Stephen P. King wrote: On 2/13/2013 5:40 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: [SPK wrote} What difference that makes a difference does that make in the grand scheme of things? The point is that we cannot 'prove' that we

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-14 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 13 Feb 2013, at 23:37, Stephen P. King wrote, to Craig Weinberg Baudrillard is not talking about consciousness in particular, only the sum of whatever is in the original which is not accessible in the copy. His phrase 'profound reality' is apt though. If you don't experience a profound

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-14 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 14 Feb 2013, at 17:02, Stephen P. King wrote: On 2/14/2013 10:49 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 13 Feb 2013, at 23:51, Stephen P. King wrote: On 2/13/2013 5:40 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: [SPK wrote} What difference that makes a difference does that make in the grand scheme of things? The

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-14 Thread Stephen P. King
On 2/14/2013 11:20 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 13 Feb 2013, at 23:37, Stephen P. King wrote, to Craig Weinberg Baudrillard is not talking about consciousness in particular, only the sum of whatever is in the original which is not accessible in the copy. His phrase 'profound reality' is apt

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-14 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Wednesday, February 13, 2013 10:46:26 PM UTC-5, Stephen Paul King wrote: On 2/13/2013 8:09 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: [SPK wrote: ]I like the idea of a Matrix universe exactly for that reason; it takes resources to 'run' it. No free lunch, even for universes!!! You can still

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-14 Thread Stephen P. King
On 2/14/2013 5:45 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Wednesday, February 13, 2013 10:46:26 PM UTC-5, Stephen Paul King wrote: On 2/13/2013 8:09 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: [SPK wrote: ]I like the idea of a Matrix universe exactly for that reason; it takes resources to 'run'

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-14 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Thursday, February 14, 2013 6:03:51 PM UTC-5, Stephen Paul King wrote: On 2/14/2013 5:45 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Wednesday, February 13, 2013 10:46:26 PM UTC-5, Stephen Paul King wrote: On 2/13/2013 8:09 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: [SPK wrote: ]I like the idea of a

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-14 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 1:08 AM, Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.com wrote: I think you're conflating intelligence with consciousness. Funny, someone else accused me of the same thing already today: You've conflating 'real intelligence' with conscious experience. Real or literal

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-14 Thread Stephen P. King
On 2/14/2013 6:08 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: I don't think there are any models or systems at all. Not physically. There are only presentations and re-presentations. Habits and inertia. I agree, they cannot be physical at all, they are representations not things-in-themselves (objects).

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-14 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Thursday, February 14, 2013 6:52:21 PM UTC-5, Stephen Paul King wrote: On 2/14/2013 6:08 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: I don't think there are any models or systems at all. Not physically. There are only presentations and re-presentations. Habits and inertia. I agree, they cannot

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-14 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Thursday, February 14, 2013 6:45:27 PM UTC-5, stathisp wrote: On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 1:08 AM, Craig Weinberg whats...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: I think you're conflating intelligence with consciousness. Funny, someone else accused me of the same thing already today:

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-14 Thread Stephen P. King
On 2/14/2013 6:45 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 1:08 AM, Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.com wrote: I think you're conflating intelligence with consciousness. Funny, someone else accused me of the same thing already today: You've conflating 'real intelligence' with

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-14 Thread Stephen P. King
On 2/14/2013 9:43 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Thursday, February 14, 2013 6:52:21 PM UTC-5, Stephen Paul King wrote: On 2/14/2013 6:08 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: I don't think there are any models or systems at all. Not physically. There are only presentations and

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-14 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Thursday, February 14, 2013 11:17:08 PM UTC-5, Stephen Paul King wrote: On 2/14/2013 9:43 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Thursday, February 14, 2013 6:52:21 PM UTC-5, Stephen Paul King wrote: On 2/14/2013 6:08 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: I don't think there are any models or

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-14 Thread Stephen P. King
On 2/14/2013 11:34 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Thursday, February 14, 2013 11:17:08 PM UTC-5, Stephen Paul King wrote: On 2/14/2013 9:43 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Thursday, February 14, 2013 6:52:21 PM UTC-5, Stephen Paul King wrote: On 2/14/2013 6:08 PM, Craig

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-14 Thread John Clark
On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.com wrote: * *Wouldn’t Simulated Intelligence be a more appropriate term than Artificial Intelligence? Yes that euphemism could have advantages, it might make the last human being feel a little better about himself just before the Jupiter

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-14 Thread Stephen P. King
On 2/15/2013 12:23 AM, John Clark wrote: On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.com mailto:whatsons...@gmail.com wrote: * *Wouldn’t Simulated Intelligence be a more appropriate term than Artificial Intelligence? Yes that euphemism could have advantages, it might make

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-13 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 13 Feb 2013, at 17:35, Craig Weinberg wrote: Wouldn’t Simulated Intelligence be a more appropriate term than Artificial Intelligence? A better term would be natural imagination. But terms are not important. Thinking of it objectively, if we have a program which can model a

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-13 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Wednesday, February 13, 2013 12:46:23 PM UTC-5, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 13 Feb 2013, at 17:35, Craig Weinberg wrote: *Wouldn’t Simulated Intelligence be a more appropriate term than Artificial Intelligence?* A better term would be natural imagination. But terms are not important.

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-13 Thread meekerdb
On 2/13/2013 8:35 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote: *Wouldn’t Simulated Intelligence be a more appropriate term than Artificial Intelligence?* Thinking of it objectively, if we have a program which can model a hurricane, we would call that hurricane a simulation, not an ‘artificial hurricane’. If we

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-13 Thread Stephen P. King
On 2/13/2013 2:58 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 2/13/2013 8:35 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote: *Wouldn’t Simulated Intelligence be a more appropriate term than Artificial Intelligence?* Thinking of it objectively, if we have a program which can model a hurricane, we would call that hurricane a

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-13 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Wednesday, February 13, 2013 2:58:28 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: On 2/13/2013 8:35 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote: *Wouldn�t Simulated Intelligence be a more appropriate term than Artificial Intelligence?* Thinking of it objectively, if we have a program which can model a hurricane, we

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-13 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Wednesday, February 13, 2013 5:11:32 PM UTC-5, Stephen Paul King wrote: On 2/13/2013 2:58 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 2/13/2013 8:35 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote: *Wouldn�t Simulated Intelligence be a more appropriate term than Artificial Intelligence?* Thinking of it objectively, if

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-13 Thread Stephen P. King
On 2/13/2013 5:40 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: [SPK wrote} What difference that makes a difference does that make in the grand scheme of things? The point is that we cannot 'prove' that we are not in a gigantic simulation. Yeah, we cannot prove a negative, but we can extract a lot

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-13 Thread Stephen P. King
On 2/13/2013 5:21 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Wednesday, February 13, 2013 2:58:28 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: On 2/13/2013 8:35 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote: *Wouldn�t Simulated Intelligence be a more appropriate term than Artificial Intelligence?* Thinking of it objectively, if we

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-13 Thread Stephen P. King
On 2/13/2013 5:40 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: [SPK wrote: ]'reality = best possible simulation. I just realized how to translate that into my view: Reality = making the most sense possible. Same thing really. That's why I talk about multisense Realism, with Realism being the quality of

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-13 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Wednesday, February 13, 2013 7:05:38 PM UTC-5, Stephen Paul King wrote: On 2/13/2013 5:40 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: [SPK wrote: ]'reality = best possible simulation. I just realized how to translate that into my view: Reality = making the most sense possible. Same thing really.

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-13 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Wednesday, February 13, 2013 5:51:27 PM UTC-5, Stephen Paul King wrote: On 2/13/2013 5:40 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: [SPK wrote} What difference that makes a difference does that make in the grand scheme of things? The point is that we cannot 'prove' that we are not in a gigantic

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-13 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Wednesday, February 13, 2013 5:37:08 PM UTC-5, Stephen Paul King wrote: On 2/13/2013 5:21 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Wednesday, February 13, 2013 2:58:28 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: On 2/13/2013 8:35 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote: *Wouldn�t Simulated Intelligence be a more

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-13 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 3:35 AM, Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.com wrote: Wouldn’t Simulated Intelligence be a more appropriate term than Artificial Intelligence? Thinking of it objectively, if we have a program which can model a hurricane, we would call that hurricane a simulation, not an

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-13 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Wednesday, February 13, 2013 9:45:43 PM UTC-5, stathisp wrote: On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 3:35 AM, Craig Weinberg whats...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: Wouldn’t Simulated Intelligence be a more appropriate term than Artificial Intelligence? Thinking of it objectively, if we

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-13 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 2:27 PM, Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.com wrote: Whether the intelligence has the same associated consciousness or not is a matter for debate, but not the intelligence itself. I disagree. There is no internal intelligence there at all. Zero. There is a recording

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-13 Thread Stephen P. King
On 2/13/2013 8:09 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: [SPK wrote: ]I like the idea of a Matrix universe exactly for that reason; it takes resources to 'run' it. No free lunch, even for universes!!! You can still have the idea of resources if the universe isn't a simulation though. No

Re: Simulated Intelligence Mini-Manifesto

2013-02-13 Thread Stephen P. King
On 2/13/2013 9:41 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Wednesday, February 13, 2013 5:37:08 PM UTC-5, Stephen Paul King wrote: On 2/13/2013 5:21 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Wednesday, February 13, 2013 2:58:28 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: On 2/13/2013 8:35 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote: