... purposes ... standards. ...actually... :) The ontological nature of the "isotropic speed of light" and "zero kelvin" hinge on definitions of many other...
... to ... little ... that ... of ... to ... Hehe, rant away all you want Josh :) If I'm allowed to respond, "why we must spend time on such issues" is just to...
... Please leave me out of your discussion of 20th century Freshman philosophy topics. I am interested in producing an advanced AI program. Jim Bromer...
... Can you give an example of such a standard which is independent of other assumptions? I find it hard to imagine such a concept. I agree that they hinge on...
... I claim to fully see through his treachery OTOH. ... The first sentence is true. But that claim about interpretation is completely bollocks. A simulation...
... The arguments of Searle (and others too numerous to name) all make a really queer mistake: they never conjecture (or even consider) the view that our...
... I want to make this argument, too, but it is surprisingly slippery. The difficulties seem to center on the idea that a simulation is - anything. What,...
... Sure, it seems trivially true that whoever it is that Anssi is referring to as "misunderstanding Searle" would make a similar claim as you did. OTOH, if...
... Programs running on a UTM designed to produce outputs which mimic a specific TM or set of TM's. That's the best I can do off the top of my head. JJG...
... Yes, but the best part is that there may be objective criteria to tell if a simulation is successful. So, I think Anssi is probably considering impossible...
... Exactly. It depends on what you want information about. So in some sense, it needs an observer to decide (for himself) whether the information that a ...
... From Marvin Minsky's Emotional Brain, chapter 9 ... I think there is something that remains permanent and continues to exist even when individuals die as...
... Weird. That article suggests that "the unconscious" has only a single goal at a time. But this press article appears to report that those experiments...
... that ... contexts! ... press. ... someone ... Actually, I've already spent a good deal of time trying to track down the background material, but that post...
... Professor Minsky: Very nice paper. The two comments that stood out as areas of strong agreement were: 2. Knowledge and Models "However, one cannot ready...
... Umm, but not for general thinking. The examples of speaking and walking are flawed because one has only one mouth, and speech is mechanically serial; ...
Thanks. I agree with both your comments and your criticisms. The "interpreter" section is still relevant today, because although the AI computerists already...
... LOLROTF! This was great! I love the part when he closes the book backwards! NOW WHAT DO I DO! LOL LOL LOL and the comparison with the scroll ;o) I know...
Marvin:The arguments of Searle (and others too numerous to name) all make a really queer mistake: they never conjecture (or even consider) the view that our...
... That was a humble expression. Would you like to expand a bit? I always thought the "sensation" part had something to do with working memory. Best, -- Eray...
... This is a good example of what I was talking about: "About the only suggestion I would make (and take with a grain of salt which might be all that it's...
... completely ... with ... salt ... nothing ... audience ... And the logical extenstion to this path of reasoning would be to completely avoid the matter in...
... working memory. ... I think John is reflecting the popular idea that there are specific circuits in the brain which perform attentional functions, and this...
... Still tilting at windmills? I was sure we had gotten beyond that. and we were making such progress you and I... I think if you go back and read what I...
... Yes, amazing, so someone had to throw the power switch on :) Best, -- Eray Ozkural, PhD candidate. Comp. Sci. Dept., Bilkent University, Ankara ...
... I didn't read Dan's link but I did hear about it on NPR. He wasn't in a "vegetative state", he was in a "minimally conscious state" (their terms not mine)....
