RE: Artificial Intelligence
July 23, 2015 at 9:41 am
(This post was last modified: July 23, 2015 at 10:28 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Wrote out a lengthy and detailed reply, realized that it didn't matter, because we clearly weren't having the same conversation, binned that, went with this.
-You're aiming for a number "x", a measure of processing power whereby you feel that strong AI would be possible.
-Human beings are an example of a strong intelligence. So some number "x" possessed -by us- is sufficient. That number "x", however, cannot be higher than the lowest number "x" in a human being while still presenting the effect, though it may be lower, neither of us knows. We can agree to that much between us, yes?
-Now, granting that human beings are an example of a strong intelligence doesn't grant that we are the floor for that designation, does it? A system may have an even lower number "x" than the lowest number "x" in human beings, and still be a strong intelligence? Can we agree to that between us (and would you be willing to suggest a candidate system or organism which presents the effect)?
-You're aiming for a number "x", a measure of processing power whereby you feel that strong AI would be possible.
-Human beings are an example of a strong intelligence. So some number "x" possessed -by us- is sufficient. That number "x", however, cannot be higher than the lowest number "x" in a human being while still presenting the effect, though it may be lower, neither of us knows. We can agree to that much between us, yes?
-Now, granting that human beings are an example of a strong intelligence doesn't grant that we are the floor for that designation, does it? A system may have an even lower number "x" than the lowest number "x" in human beings, and still be a strong intelligence? Can we agree to that between us (and would you be willing to suggest a candidate system or organism which presents the effect)?
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