[comp.ai.philosophy] What Has Traditional AI Accomplished

loren@tristan.llnl.gov (Loren Petrich) (11/06/90)

In article <1251@ucl-cs.uucp> G.Joly@uk.ac.ucl.cs (Gordon Joly) writes:
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>I still stick to my original thesis.  Penrose has much to say about the
>mind, including the fact that you cannot make a mind in a box. 
>Therefore, he can say little about AI, since he believe the goals to be
>impossible (if consciosness/mind/awareness if the true goal of AI. 

	I guess this discussion belongs in comp.ai.philosophy.

	What "fact" is this?

	And why does he come to this conclusion?

	And what makes him so sure that other people have minds?


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G.Joly@cs.ucl.ac.uk (Gordon Joly) (11/08/90)

In article <85493@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV> loren@tristan.llnl.gov (Loren Petrich)
< In article <1251@ucl-cs.uucp> G.Joly@uk.ac.ucl.cs (Gordon Joly) writes:
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< >I still stick to my original thesis.  Penrose has much to say about the
< >mind, including the fact that you cannot make a mind in a box.
< >Therefore, he can say little about AI, since he believe the goals to be
< >impossible (if consciosness/mind/awareness if the true goal of AI.
< 
<         I guess this discussion belongs in comp.ai.philosophy.

Sure; I misposted in to comp.ai. Apologies.
 
<         What "fact" is this?

Penrose and I agree; if we produce one more mind, that makes it a fact.

<         And why does he come to this conclusion?

Read the book? (cf RTM), He goes through a lot of Turing's work, Penrose
tiles, General Relatvity , Quantum Mechanics and attempts to reconcile
the latter two.  However, a scientist whom I trust tells me that the
thrust of Penrose's book is that the quantum effects of the brain give
us the mind. 
 
<         And what makes him so sure that other people have minds?

Well, I could take a cheap shot here Loren, but I am sure that you can
work it of for yourself. In you have half a mind to.
 
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< Loren Petrich, the Master Blaster: loren@sunlight.llnl.gov
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Since Penrose does not believe in strong AI, he has nothing further
to say on the matter. Similarly, I am not going to discuss the type
of green cheese found in the Moon.

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