Hi Folk, A little more you may find interesting.....
RE: The much-discussed arXiv paper Maguire, Phil, Moser Philippe, Maguire, Rebecca and Griffith, Virgil 2014 'Is Consciousness Computable? Quantifying Integrated Information Using Algorithmic Information Theory'. http://arxiv.org/abs/1405.0126v1) Now there’s an article in New Scientist http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22229692.800-sentient-robots-not-possible-if-you-do-the-maths.html#.U3liRihGO5L *‘Sentient robots? Not possible if you do the maths’* The headline should read: *‘Sentient robots? Not possible if you use computers’* Breathtaking blindspot revealed yet again: The presupposition that real AGI involves formal computing. Here I am building a robot brain that does not use computing, and New Scientist guy doesn’t even realise the possibility. This presupposition is so completely trained-in it’s .... its...... <sigh> I have been watching this for >10 years now. I expect COMP to circle the toilet for a little while yet and then the penny will drop. I guess.. 1-2 years? Don’t despair: Brilliant (AGI) robots will happen! They just won’t use computing as their main cognitive architecture. Why anyone should be upset about this change of fortune beats me. Cheers -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
