Re: Where the I is

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Max M wrote:

> There is defenitly a few complexity bumps along the way towards
> intelligence.
>
> First level is process. (Which is what happens i Conways 'life'.)
> Then there is life.
> Then there is intelligence.
>
> I certainly didn't mean that we could create a "universe on paper" from
> any set of rules. It would still have to be a very complex programme.
> But ask Eliezer about that ;-)
>

Well, a la Big Bang, the set of rules or "program" is not all
that complex at all. It just takes a LOT of iterations before
something like "life" pops out.

- s

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