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But what does "1" refer to? 1 what? I have no idea what you are talking about if I don't know what your scribbles are referring to. Sure, logically your statement, N ≠ N+1 is sound, but we are talking about wills and purposes, not Ns and 1s. Your statement could refer to anything and isn'...

On the contrary, Sculptor. The POTUS is the final arbiter of what is classified, and what is not classified. Final arbiter isn’t the same thing as only arbiter. Final means there are other arbiters that must play a role in an established process. Interesting. When Lincoln took office he fired the e...

NO. A computer has NO sentience PERIOD!! - same as a tractor. Agreed, and it has no way to interpret the binary impulses it receives. It doe's, however, have specialized sensors that receive stimuli which, in turn, activate certain switches. This process is not exactly unlike the biological system ...

Therefore, gang violence is not the problem. It is rather the solution to the problem. Sucks to be an innocent bystander caught in the middle of gang violence, though. Same way with governments that get their people involved in wars. Gang violence is no solution to any problem, any more than nation...

For the purpose of discussion, define “feminist government’. Please.

Impenitent wrote: ↑Mon Feb 26, 2024 6:11 pm the claim that the future will be as the past has been is a leap of faith

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That’s no joke.

You are the one that used the words, so I'm asking you what you meant by them. It seems to me that you would have to define "will" and "purpose" to then go on to determine what the difference, if there is one, between a computer will/purpose and human will/purpose. Could it not ...

In which case, if you can figure out which one of the following three items is out of place relative to the other two, then the difference between a computer's purpose and that of a human's purpose should be obvious... https://themaxim.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/walnut-half-scaled.jpg https://v...

What does it mean to have a will or purpose? Do you have a will or purpose? What is your ultimate purpose? Does your pet have a will or purpose? What about spiders and crabs, or jellyfish? What does it mean to be sentient? I think philosophers often throw these terms around without fully understand...

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Only sentient beings can have a will. For an AI to want to kill humans for example, it must be guided to via the will of a sentient being (a human). Sentience: If i am hungry, my will is to eat. If I look at the garden and see that the grass is long, my will is to get the lawnmower out. Random acti...

Yes, but… The AI per se would have no ultimate goal or purpose; it might just write a googleplex of lines of code, including something very hazardous. If it can teach itself, anything might happen. AI having a will will always have a goal. It will take a human to provide this will . One day an AI w...

What are 'Human' traits that a machine or chatbot, cannot copy online? Or, let's use a more complex example. Let's say that humans have "special relationships" with the generalized concept and phenomena known as "Self". The Human self, is something that a machine won't necessari...

Sure, some of programming involves exploring what is possible, but the ultimate goal of any programmer is to solve a problem, or to automate some trivial or tedious job. I think the goal of AI programmers is to solve all problems and do all jobs. Yes, but… The AI per se would have no ultimate goal ...

Sure, some of programming involves exploring what is possible, but the ultimate goal of any programmer is to solve a problem, or to automate some trivial or tedious job. I think the goal of AI programmers is to solve all problems and do all jobs. Yes, but… The AI per se would have no ultimate goal ...