I believe that comp's requirement is one of "as if" rather than "is"

2012-10-20 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 11:23 PM, Craig Weinberg > wrote: >> The universe is algorithmic insofar as a small number of physical rules >> gives rise to everything that we see around us. > > > Only if we infer that is the case. Physical rules don't give rise to > anything, especially beings which exp

Re: I believe that comp's requirement is one of "as if" rather than "is"

2012-10-17 Thread Bruno Marchal
OK, This post is clearer. forget my early reply. On 16 Oct 2012, at 15:55, Alberto G. Corona wrote: 2012/10/11 Bruno Marchal On 10 Oct 2012, at 20:13, Alberto G. Corona wrote: 2012/10/10 Bruno Marchal : On 09 Oct 2012, at 18:58, Alberto G. Corona wrote: It may be a zombie or not. I can´t

Re: I believe that comp's requirement is one of "as if" rather than "is"

2012-10-17 Thread Bruno Marchal
The quote might be wrong, as you answer statements which are not mine. On 16 Oct 2012, at 15:49, Alberto G. Corona wrote: 2012/10/10 Alberto G. Corona 2012/10/10 Bruno Marchal : > > On 09 Oct 2012, at 18:58, Alberto G. Corona wrote: > >> It may be a zombie or not. I can´t know. >> >> The same

Re: I believe that comp's requirement is one of "as if" rather than "is"

2012-10-16 Thread Alberto G. Corona
2012/10/11 Bruno Marchal > > On 10 Oct 2012, at 20:13, Alberto G. Corona wrote: > > 2012/10/10 Bruno Marchal : >> >>> >>> On 09 Oct 2012, at 18:58, Alberto G. Corona wrote: >>> >>> It may be a zombie or not. I can´t know. The same applies to other persons. It may be that the world is

Re: I believe that comp's requirement is one of "as if" rather than "is"

2012-10-16 Thread Alberto G. Corona
2012/10/10 Alberto G. Corona > 2012/10/10 Bruno Marchal : > > > > On 09 Oct 2012, at 18:58, Alberto G. Corona wrote: > > > >> It may be a zombie or not. I can´t know. > >> > >> The same applies to other persons. It may be that the world is made of > >> zombie-actors that try to cheat me, but I ha

Re: Re: I believe that comp's requirement is one of "as if" rather than"is"

2012-10-13 Thread John Clark
On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 8:12 AM, Roger Clough wrote: > > if you could tell me how to determine if a computer has intelligence The same way I determine if one of my fellow human beings is intelligent, if he beats me at a intellectual task then he's intelligent, in fact he's more intelligent tha

Re: Re: I believe that comp's requirement is one of "as if" rather than"is"

2012-10-12 Thread Roger Clough
t; -Woody Allen - Receiving the following content - From: John Clark Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-10-11, 13:30:44 Subject: Re: I believe that comp's requirement is one of "as if" rather than"is" On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 5:50 AM, Roger Clough wrote: &

Re: I believe that comp's requirement is one of "as if" rather than "is"

2012-10-11 Thread John Clark
On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 5:50 AM, Roger Clough wrote: > > > Comp seems to avoid this insurmountable problem by avoiding the issue of > whether the computer actually had an experience, only that it appeared to > have an experience. So comp's requirement is "as if" rather than "is". > In other word

Re: I believe that comp's requirement is one of "as if" rather than "is"

2012-10-11 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 10 Oct 2012, at 20:13, Alberto G. Corona wrote: 2012/10/10 Bruno Marchal : On 09 Oct 2012, at 18:58, Alberto G. Corona wrote: It may be a zombie or not. I can´t know. The same applies to other persons. It may be that the world is made of zombie-actors that try to cheat me, but I have

Re: I believe that comp's requirement is one of "as if" rather than "is"

2012-10-10 Thread Alberto G. Corona
2012/10/10 Bruno Marchal : > > On 09 Oct 2012, at 18:58, Alberto G. Corona wrote: > >> It may be a zombie or not. I can´t know. >> >> The same applies to other persons. It may be that the world is made of >> zombie-actors that try to cheat me, but I have an harcoded belief in >> the conventional th

Re: I believe that comp's requirement is one of "as if" rather than "is"

2012-10-10 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 09 Oct 2012, at 18:58, Alberto G. Corona wrote: It may be a zombie or not. I can´t know. The same applies to other persons. It may be that the world is made of zombie-actors that try to cheat me, but I have an harcoded belief in the conventional thing. Maybe it is, because otherwise, I wi

Re: I believe that comp's requirement is one of "as if" rather than "is"

2012-10-09 Thread Alberto G. Corona
It may be a zombie or not. I can´t know. The same applies to other persons. It may be that the world is made of zombie-actors that try to cheat me, but I have an harcoded belief in the conventional thing. Maybe it is, because otherwise, I will act in strange and self destructive ways. I would ac

Re: I believe that comp's requirement is one of "as if" rather than "is"

2012-10-09 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 09 Oct 2012, at 13:29, Alberto G. Corona wrote: But still after this reasoning, I doubt that the self conscious philosopher robot have the kind of thing, call it a soul, that I have. ? You mean it is a zombie? I can't conceive consciousness without a soul. Even if only the universal

Re: I believe that comp's requirement is one of "as if" rather than "is"

2012-10-09 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 09 Oct 2012, at 11:50, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Alberto G. Corona and Bruno, Perhaps I can express the problem of solipsism as this. To have a mind means that one can experience. Hmm... Not really, with "my terminology". A mind is not enough for an experience. You need a soul. It is a fi

Re: I believe that comp's requirement is one of "as if" rather than "is"

2012-10-09 Thread Alberto G. Corona
That is true. To pressupose an experience of self in others is a leap on faith based on similarity. It is duck philosophy. What seems a Duck, must be a Duck. Even Hume had to limit its destructive philosophy to avoid self destructiveness. Because there are core beliefs that we don´t doubt, or we

I believe that comp's requirement is one of "as if" rather than "is"

2012-10-09 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Alberto G. Corona and Bruno, Perhaps I can express the problem of solipsism as this. To have a mind means that one can experience. Experiences are subjective and thus cannot be actually shared, the best one can do is share a description of the experience. If one cannot actually share another's