G.Joly@cs.ucl.ac.uk (Gordon Joly) (03/19/91)
Walter L Rutherford writes: > [...] > Here are some subjects I can meta-think about (think about thinking about) > without actually being able to _truly_ reach them - to my way of thinking. > a) Eternity / timelessness > b) My non-existence > c) Everythings non-existence > Will computers be able to REALLY think the unthinkable someday? How about > subjects which we can understand but which computers will always be unable > to grasp? Emotions perhaps? Nah - If we can ever get over the first hurdle > and get a machine to be aware (of us and its own existence) then it should > be able eventually to handle any thought we can handle. Once again species > chauvinism says we will one day create a machine "in our own image". > Thanks to this group for this group as a trading place (in my case birth > place) for ideas. It has really given me something to think about. > > You are now returned to your regularly scheduled program. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Walter Rutherford > P.O. Box 83273 \ / Computers are NOT intelligent; > Fairbanks, Alaska 99708 - X - > / \ they just think they are! > fnwlr1@acad3.alaska.edu > --------------------------------------------------------------------- What is the sound is one hand clapping? Why does the sound Homer Simspon of singing "Born Under a Bad Sign" make me laugh? Choose your own paradigm of reality; I did. Likewise the Tao. Gordon Joly +44 71 387 7050 ext 3716 Internet: G.Joly@cs.ucl.ac.uk UUCP: ...!{uunet,ukc}!ucl-cs!G.Joly Computer Science, University College London, Gower Street, LONDON WC1E 6BT "I didn't do it. Nobody saw me do it. You can't prove anything!"