(December 23, 2013 at 8:38 pm)The Reality Salesman Wrote: Not yet, Chas....not yet. It's come toy attention that my OP leads one to think I am suggesting they currently do. I was saying things like "I "pretend" and "imagine", and entertaining superficial similarities and using those to drive the conversation toward speculation about future computers. The thing I want to discuss is the line that separates human intelligence from human created intelligence, and within the scope of speculation. Not under the assumption that it has been actualized. Sorry for the confusion.
OK, I'll address that.
We'll need a much better understanding of consciousness before we can create it, or even judge what we create.
Skepticism is not a position; it is an approach to claims.
Science is not a subject, but a method.
Science is not a subject, but a method.
