Hi Stathis Papaioannou You are talking about a robot, not a human. At the very least, there is the problem of first person indeterminancy. Nobody (especially the programmer) can really know for example if I am an atheist or theist. For example, I might pretend to be an atheist then change my mind.
Roger Clough, rclo...@verizon.net 8/28/2012 Leibniz would say, "If there's no God, we'd have to invent him so everything could function." ----- Receiving the following content ----- From: Stathis Papaioannou Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-08-27, 22:00:42 Subject: Re: Two reasons why computers IMHO cannot exhibit intelligence On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 9:07 PM, Roger Clough <rclo...@verizon.net> wrote: > Hi meekerdb > > IMHO I don't think that computers can have intelligence > because intelligence consists of at least one ability: > the ability to make autonomous choices (choices completely > of one's own). Computers can do nothing on their own, > they can only do what softward and harfdware tells them to do. But people must also do only what their software and hardware tells them to do. The hardware is the body and the software is the configuration the hardware is placed in as a result of their exposure to their environment. -- 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. -- 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.
