> From: Brad Paulsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > I agree that it is for us in the modern day technological society. But > it may not have been always the case. We have been grounded by reason. > Before reason it may have been largely supernatural. That's why > sometimes I think AGI's could start off with little knowledge and lots > of supernatural, just to make it easier for it to attach properties to > the void. It starts off knowing there is some god bringing it into > existence but eventually it figures out that the god is just some geek > software engineer and then it becomes atheist real quick heheh > > > I don't entirely disagree with you. I don't entirely agree either. > But, like the "is a rock conscious" thread, if we want to continue this > one we should either take it off-list or move it to the Singularity > Outreach list. Don't ya think? :-\
We're talking about bringing an entity into conscious existence, an AGI. That carries profound responsibility but also extreme technical challenges. Man had several millions of years to "learn the ropes". We're trying to give AGI a few years. Early primitive proto-AGI consciousness is more AGI list related I think than singularity. Also I believe deity and religion play a role but the only problem with discussing that is people get all freaky over it. I see that there are important technical discussions that need to be played out related to some of the philosophical questions... John ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: http://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=103754539-40ed26 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
