Free will and humans

[KevinM1]

That was one of the things I wanted him to realize when I asked him about machine learning (programs literally experiencing and remembering things) and self-modifying code (programs modifying and expanding their own capabilities).  Does it really matter that a human seeded it with the initial code?  After all, humans are merely biological machines programmed by sequences of chemicals reacting to various electrical impulses.  You have a biological machine programming a technological machine.  Where's the appreciable difference lie, apart from complexity?  Keeping in mind that our brains are the end results of millions of years of evolution and that computer science is less than a century old.

But instead I got "herp derp Einstein."

And it's incredibly obvious that pool hasn't spent any time with computer science.  Maybe he's had some intro level programming classes, but that's not the same thing.

Fascinating kev.
So how many computers have made scientific advancements since you feel there is no distinction?

You're embarrassing yourself.