On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, the hatter wrote:

> Erm, if you restore an AI to the state it was in some time ago, why would
> it be any more confused than when it was first in that state ?  Unless
> you're implying that some part of the AI's 'spirit' isn't included in the
> backups, but I can't see an easy way to justify that, given that its
> entire construct exists in electronic memory.

Wouldn't that depend on how it handled sudden jumps in time ?

I imagine it's intenal clock would think it's the time of the backup when
it first comes on line.

The AI equivalent of jetlag perhaps ?

Simon.

-- 
"Ciao!"


Reply via email to