re: Maths & the Chinese Room Problem

From: stencil (stencil@bcn.net)
Date: Thu Aug 23 2001 - 13:20:55 MDT


On Thu, 23 Aug 2001 06:16:36 -0600,
in extropians-digest V6 #233
"Chen Yixiong, Eric" <cyixiong@yahoo.com> wrote:
>[ ... ]
> I made extensive use of my own self-invented heuristics that once a certain lecturer (who taught on a math-related subject) told me I should stick to the "textbook" in case I make mistakes.
>
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>Suddendly, I realised that this has a connection to a famous problem in Artifical Intelligence, which we call the Chinese Room problem.

What gravels me about most of the proposed testing for the
I'ness of a notional AI is that all that is expected of
the candidate is appropriate responsiveness. I'd like to
think that much of the proof of my own humanity is that I
occasionally wander into the bar with my hat on rather
than passivelly waiting for a chance to prove my
intelligence by waving my empty glass at someone else
entering covered.

stencil sends
RKBA!



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