On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 12:19 PM spudboy100 via Everything List < everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote:
> Agnostic, Mind-Brain thing is good with me. According to a brief article, > some theorists have mused about consciousness in the absence of matter. > Check it out. It will either be a good laugh for you, but once in a while, > the 'lofty' stuff works for me. > As soon as the article mentioned Deepak Chopra I knew that we were deep into woo-woo territory.... Bruce > From: Bruce Kellett <bhkellet...@gmail.com> > > On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 10:39 AM spudboy100 via Everything List < > everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > It would be (will be?) interesting when we achieve this. Serious, academic > bench computer scientists are actively working on variations of machine > intelligence to make this happen, money to be made. Are you stating that > making a hyper-smart machine is impossible? > > > No, I am agnostic about the possibility. Certainly I am not a Cartesian > dualist -- mind-brain identity is the thing..... > > Bruce > > > Are you a spiritualist? A Cartesian dualist imputing a magic substance? > :-) > > > From: Bruce Kellett <bhkellet...@gmail.com> > On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 6:44 AM spudboy100 via Everything List < > everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > > So, if we develop AI to come up with new, better, equations, this would be > good with you, because, non-human? > > Perhaps he could usefully have added: "nor to be in perfect harmony with > any humanly devised equation." > > Bruce > > > Go for it, man! First develop your super-intelligent AI.......... And then > see if the world conforms to its predictions...... > > Bruce > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAFxXSLSR8NfcwfJ%2B%2BGxVWvg76%3Dy1%3DLq4pSkU_wn9CtD3XcV59A%40mail.gmail.com.
