On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 10:40 PM, Roger Clough <rclo...@verizon.net> wrote: > Hi Bruno Marchal > > I don't agree. Machines must function according to their software and > hardware, > neither of which are their own. And so, machines cannot do anything > not intended by the software author in his software program and constrained > by the hardware. > So machines cannot make autonomous decisions, they can only > make decisions intended by the software programmer.
Could you explain how humans are *not* constrained by their software and hardware? I think you have a magical view about how biological organisms function. -- Stathis Papaioannou -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
