On 25 March 2015 at 15:15, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote:
If I ask you assuming Eastern Standard Time did the Big Bang happen on a
Thursday?
The ultimate version of Last Thursdayism ?
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On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 3:15 AM, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 Telmo Menezes te...@telmomenezes.com wrote:
it will be more than human.
I'm not sure what that means.
It means that a future machine can perform any task in a way that is
superior to way that
On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 6:33 PM, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 Telmo Menezes te...@telmomenezes.com wrote:
Generally when Watson was wrong he knew he was probably wrong. I find
that significant.
I find that significant too, but this probability is
On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 Telmo Menezes te...@telmomenezes.com wrote:
Generally when Watson was wrong he knew he was probably wrong. I find
that significant.
I find that significant too, but this probability is ultimately computed
by analysing frequencies of occurrence of terms and
On 26 March 2015 at 07:00, Telmo Menezes te...@telmomenezes.com wrote:
Yes, I also suspect that no deity exists but it will, in the future.
If you are curious about how this is already transforming into a religion,
google for Roko's basilisk.
Also the plot of Frank Herbert's Destination
PM, Telmo Menezes te...@telmomenezes.com wrote:
What is our disagreement here exactly? You just seem to dislike my lack
of reverence for Watson.
I have no problem when people point out that Watson can't perform task X,
but it makes me nuts when they say Watson accomplished task X much better
This could be just thye benevolent dictator we need to sort out the planet
we're ruining.
I for one welcome our silicon based overlords...
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On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 6:03 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote:
On 3/23/2015 1:24 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote:
On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 5:50 PM, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 Kim Jones kimjo...@ozemail.com.au wrote:
I said it before I'll say it
On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 12:52 AM, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at Telmo Menezes te...@telmomenezes.com wrote:
In my opinion the fundamental problem with the Turing Test is that
passing it is an act of deception. The computer has to fake being a human.
Lying
On 25 March 2015 at 06:23, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote:
Most people can't do that either. And researchers at the University of
Edinburgh made a machine that can write jokes such as I like my
relationships like I like my source, open. Well OK maybe it's not a
particularly funny
On 25 March 2015 at 06:23, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 Telmo Menezes te...@telmomenezes.com wrote:
And anyway the really important thing isn't if you can detect if the
thing you're talking to is a human but if you can detect if the thing
you're talking to
On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 6:23 PM, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 Telmo Menezes te...@telmomenezes.com wrote:
And anyway the really important thing isn't if you can detect if the
thing you're talking to is a human but if you can detect if the thing
you're
On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 Telmo Menezes te...@telmomenezes.com wrote:
it will be more than human.
I'm not sure what that means.
It means that a future machine can perform any task in a way that is
superior to way that any human who ever lived could using any definition of
superior that you care
On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 Telmo Menezes te...@telmomenezes.com wrote:
And anyway the really important thing isn't if you can detect if the
thing you're talking to is a human but if you can detect if the thing
you're talking to is intelligent.
Yes, that is the important thing. That is not
On 3/23/2015 1:24 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote:
On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 5:50 PM, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com
mailto:johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 Kim Jones kimjo...@ozemail.com.au
mailto:kimjo...@ozemail.com.au wrote:
I said it before I'll say it
On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 5:50 PM, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 Kim Jones kimjo...@ozemail.com.au wrote:
I said it before I'll say it again, only somebody terrified of machine
intelligence would make that argument.
Who is making that argument? Not me. Not
On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at Telmo Menezes te...@telmomenezes.com wrote:
In my opinion the fundamental problem with the Turing Test is that
passing it is an act of deception. The computer has to fake being a human.
Lying takes intelligence, some have even suggested that the ability to
deceive our
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