Re: Re: Re: Re: Conscious robots

2012-10-13 Thread Roger Clough
. -Woody Allen - Receiving the following content - From: Russell Standish Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-10-12, 16:54:43 Subject: Re: Re: Re: Conscious robots On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 08:23:33AM -0400, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Russell Standish Life cannot survive

Re: Re: Re: Re: Conscious robots

2012-10-13 Thread Russell Standish
On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 12:27:01PM -0400, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Russell Standish I should stay away from discussing bacteria. Brownian motion and chemical actions could in fact make intelligence (free choice-making) unnecessary, as you may have suggested. Why avoid the topic? By

Re: Re: Re: Conscious robots

2012-10-12 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Russell Standish Life cannot survive without making choices, like where to go next. To avoid an enemy. To get food. This act of life obviously requires an autonomous choice. Nobody can make it for you. It can't be pre-programmed. Free autonomous choice is a description in my view of

Re: Re: Re: Conscious robots

2012-10-12 Thread Russell Standish
On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 08:23:33AM -0400, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Russell Standish Life cannot survive without making choices, like where to go next. To avoid an enemy. To get food. This act of life obviously requires an autonomous choice. Nobody can make it for you. It can't be