Re[2]: Preventing AI Breakout [was Genetics, nannotechnology, and , programming]

Matt Gingell (mjg223@is7.nyu.edu)
Tue, 26 Oct 1999 17:49:03 -0400

"Eliezer S. Yudkowsky" <extropians@extropy.com>

>> On what basis do you define qualia as non-Turing-computable?

>
> Well, they aren't, so why should I define them as Turing-computable?

The assertion that qualia are not computable is totally meaningless. Compare against the assertion that baseballs are non-computable or that qualia are NP-complete. Do you have any idea what you're talking about?

> (Proof by blatant assertion.)

Uh huh...

> I ain't goin' over this again; search the archives.

If you don't want to go into it then provide a direct reference. The above is just juvenile.

-matt