I heard Searle speak multiple times when he was a "young assistant professor" and I was a senior at UC Berkeley. But the topic was the Free Speech Movement not the question of "can a machine think" which he has written about for years.
On Sat, Sep 18, 2021 at 3:24 PM Gary Schiltz <g...@naturesvisualarts.com> wrote: > Great Searle videos. I knew his name, but had never listened to him. > > On Sat, Sep 18, 2021 at 3:57 PM Marcus Daniels <mar...@snoutfarm.com> > wrote: > >> We are just stuff and stuff can be simulated.. on quantum computers if >> necessary. >> >> > On Sep 18, 2021, at 1:45 PM, Jochen Fromm <j...@cas-group.net> wrote: >> > >> > >> > I have watched John Searle videos on YouTube today and stumbled upon >> the question of personality again. If we assume that there is a special >> substance that makes us a person, can an advanced robot or AI acquire it? >> Can a robot be lazy, diligent, dull, intelligent, friendly, nit-picky or >> even creative? John Searle would probably say it is not a good question... >> > https://youtu.be/Bq2bfSzkTfU >> > >> > I would say the answer is yes, because if the special substance is >> simply the personality or persistent character of a person, there is no >> reason why a robot should not be able to learn a bundle of typical behavior >> patterns (i.e. special mappings between perceptions and actions) that are >> characteristic for a person, even if this behavior is implemented totally >> differently. The resulting personality helps to define and maintain the >> identity of a person >> > https://youtu.be/WwipmspceOU >> > >> > What do you think? Is there a special substance that makes us a person, >> and can an advanced robot or AI acquire it? >> > >> > -J. >> > >> > >> > .-- .- -. - / .- -.-. - .. --- -. ..--.. / -.-. --- -. .--- ..- --. .- >> - . >> > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn UTC-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam >> > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >> > archives: >> > 5/2017 thru present https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ >> > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >> >> .-- .- -. - / .- -.-. - .. --- -. ..--.. / -.-. --- -. .--- ..- --. .- - . >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn UTC-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam >> un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >> archives: >> 5/2017 thru present https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ >> 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >> > > .-- .- -. - / .- -.-. - .. --- -. ..--.. / -.-. --- -. .--- ..- --. .- - . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn UTC-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: > 5/2017 thru present https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ > -- Frank Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Research: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Frank_Wimberly2
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