Nick, I can't believe you are asking such a question -- unless by "know" you mean something very different from the common understanding. No computer *knows* anything, although it may have lots of stored information. (*Information *is meant in the Shannon sense.)
For example, Oxford defines <https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/knowledge> knowledge as "Facts, information, and skills acquired through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject." This is distinct from, for example, having access to an encyclopedia--or even having memorized the contents of one. Turing machines, and computers in general, do not have an *understanding *of anything--even though they may have lots of Shannon-style information (which *we *understand as) related to some subject. (Like Glen, though, I am interested in the results, if any, of this morning's meeting.) -- Russ Abbott Professor, Computer Science California State University, Los Angeles On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 2:38 PM uǝlƃ ☣ <geprope...@gmail.com> wrote: > What was the result of this morning's conversation? > > On 4/25/19 10:50 PM, Nick Thompson wrote: > > What does a Turing Machine know? > > > -- > ☣ uǝlƃ > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives back to 2003: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC <http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/FRIAM-COMIC> > http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >
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