On Wednesday, October 10, 2018 at 9:41:39 PM UTC+11, Philip Thrift wrote:
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>> On 10/9/2018 9:18 PM, Philip Thrift wrote:
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>> On Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at 6:45:55 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote:
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On Wednesday, October 10, 2018 at 12:16:59 PM UTC+11, John Clark wrote:
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> >*I refuse to accept that "axiom", and I also do not feel compelled to
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> You are able to function is the world so you must have some method
On Wednesday, October 10, 2018 at 12:10:57 PM UTC-5, John Clark wrote:
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> >One could look at it that way. In terms of biological evolution, what
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On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 1:19 AM Brent Meeker wrote:
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> >>My theory is that consciousness is the way data feels when it is being
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On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 12:45 AM Philip Thrift
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>One could look at it that way. In terms of biological evolution, what has
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Yes but ask yourself why would Evolution do that. Natural Selection can see
intelligence but it
On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 12:15 AM Philip Thrift
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*>As a practical matter, a conscious robot raises ethical issues that an
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But the ethical question of killing a super intelligent robot is moot
because y
On Wednesday, October 10, 2018 at 12:50:44 AM UTC-5, Brent wrote:
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On Wednesday, October 10, 2018 at 12:41:04 AM UTC-5, Brent wrote:
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> On Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at 6:45:55 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote:
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>> On 10/9/2018 11:01 AM, Philip Thrift wrote:
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>>> If you reject intelligent behavior as a too
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