Re: NYTimes.com: George Clooney: I Love Joe Biden. But We Need a New Nominee.

2024-07-12 Thread Brent Meeker
I agree.  But I don't think Biden has the guts or the energy to do it.  He should just resign due to health reasons in favor of Harris who I think could do it.  But would she? Brent On 7/12/2024 5:13 AM, PGC wrote: Waking up is indeed what is needed. Of course, the Dem candidate should be c

Re: Are Philosophical Zombies possible?

2024-07-12 Thread Brent Meeker
On 7/12/2024 3:24 AM, John Clark wrote: On Thu, Jul 11, 2024 at 7:04 PM Brent Meeker wrote: >> Sometimes on some problems the human brain could be considered as being Turing Complete, otherwise we would never be able to do anything that was intelligent. /> ??? Ho

Re: Are Philosophical Zombies possible?

2024-07-12 Thread Brent Meeker
On 7/12/2024 3:15 AM, John Clark wrote: On Thu, Jul 11, 2024 at 8:09 PM Brent Meeker wrote: > /In case you've forgotten, the Turing test was based on text only communication between an interlocutor asked to distinguish between a computer pretending to be a human and a man or w

Re: Are Philosophical Zombies possible?

2024-07-12 Thread John Clark
On Fri, Jul 12, 2024 at 9:28 AM Jason Resch wrote: >> I know that anything that can process data, and the human brain can >> process data, can be emulated by a Turing Machine. And a Turing Machine is >> Turing Complete. >> > > > *Perhaps you mean the brain is "Turing emulable" i.e. computable her

Re: Are Philosophical Zombies possible?

2024-07-12 Thread John Clark
On Fri, Jul 12, 2024 at 9:33 AM Jason Resch wrote: *> Do you think that passing the Argonov test would constitute positive > proof of consciousness?* Maybe, but unlike Turing's Test, Argonov's Test will tell you nothing about intelligence because it's too easy. See what's on my new list at

Re: Are Philosophical Zombies possible?

2024-07-12 Thread Jason Resch
On Fri, Jul 12, 2024, 7:02 AM John Clark wrote: > On Thu, Jul 11, 2024 at 7:01 PM Jason Resch wrote: > > >> Who judges if the "phenomenal judgments" of the machine are correct or >>> incorrect? Even humans can't agree among themselves about most >>> philosophical matters, certainly that's true o

Re: Are Philosophical Zombies possible?

2024-07-12 Thread Jason Resch
On Fri, Jul 12, 2024, 6:25 AM John Clark wrote: > On Thu, Jul 11, 2024 at 7:04 PM Brent Meeker > wrote: > > >> Sometimes on some problems the human brain could be considered as >>> being Turing Complete, otherwise we would never be able to do anything that >>> was intelligent. >> >> >> *> ??? Ho

Re: NYTimes.com: George Clooney: I Love Joe Biden. But We Need a New Nominee.

2024-07-12 Thread PGC
Waking up is indeed what is needed. Of course, the Dem candidate should be changed. But in game theory terms, perhaps Stewart and Clooney don't go far enough. *Even if Biden or some Dem won in November, does anybody really believe that the other side would accept it, not contest the election

Re: Are Philosophical Zombies possible?

2024-07-12 Thread John Clark
On Thu, Jul 11, 2024 at 4:58 PM Brent Meeker wrote: > *elsewhere you have agreed that many data processing machines are not > conscious because they take no actions based on the data being true. * > I don't recall ever saying that! What I may have said is, something may be intelligent and thus

Re: Are Philosophical Zombies possible?

2024-07-12 Thread John Clark
On Thu, Jul 11, 2024 at 7:01 PM Jason Resch wrote: >> Who judges if the "phenomenal judgments" of the machine are correct or >> incorrect? Even humans can't agree among themselves about most >> philosophical matters, certainly that's true of members of this list. >> > > *> They don't have to be c

Re: Are Philosophical Zombies possible?

2024-07-12 Thread John Clark
On Thu, Jul 11, 2024 at 7:04 PM Brent Meeker wrote: >> Sometimes on some problems the human brain could be considered as being >> Turing Complete, otherwise we would never be able to do anything that was >> intelligent. > > > *> ??? How on Earth do you reach that conclusion.* > I reached that co

Re: Are Philosophical Zombies possible?

2024-07-12 Thread John Clark
On Thu, Jul 11, 2024 at 8:09 PM Brent Meeker wrote: > > *In case you've forgotten, the Turing test was based on text only > communication between an interlocutor asked to distinguish between a > computer pretending to be a human and a man or woman pretending to be a > woman or man.* > Yes but th

Re: Are Philosophical Zombies possible?

2024-07-12 Thread 'Cosmin Visan' via Everything List
@Jason. Uuu... big boy beliving in Santa Claus! Way to go! On Tuesday 9 July 2024 at 14:50:10 UTC+3 Jason Resch wrote: > > > On Tue, Jul 9, 2024, 4:05 AM 'Cosmin Visan' via Everything List < > everyth...@googlegroups.com> wrote: > >> So, where is Santa Claus ? > > > If he's possible in this univ

Re: Are Philosophical Zombies possible?

2024-07-12 Thread 'Cosmin Visan' via Everything List
Who cares about the Turing test ? What does it have to do with being alive ? =))) On Friday 12 July 2024 at 03:09:57 UTC+3 Brent Meeker wrote: > > > On 7/11/2024 1:56 PM, John Clark wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 11, 2024 at 4:37 PM Brent Meeker wrote: > > *> A rock, along with many oth