From: John Clark (jonkc@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Wed Jan 16 2002 - 08:35:11 MST
Randall Randall <wolfkin@freedomspace.net> Wrote:
>For some things, that's [creativity] a straightforward process,
>hence computer-generated music, etc.
Nothing could be easier than cranking out avantguard music or
poetry because those "arts" have no rules so it's impossible
to make a mistake.
>For some things, it may not be so easy.
Yes, show me a program that can crank out mainstream children's
stories or even pornography and I'll show you a sentient program.
I don't demand the stories be particularly good just that the author
is not suspected of being retarded of psychotic.
>How, exactly, did you learn that animals (which, except
>for some primates, can't let you know directly) are aware of themselves?
Nothing can let you know directly they are aware of themselves, so how
did I know they were conscious? I guessed, just as I guessed that you
are sentient and that I am not the only conscious being in the universe.
> Response is not self-awareness.
I strongly disagree.
John K Clark jonkc@att.net
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