Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 20:33:18 03/16/01
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On March 16, 2001 at 16:01:38, Heiner Marxen wrote:
>On March 15, 2001 at 00:37:32, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>I have discussed this matter a number of times, only to understand that it is
>>impossible to talk about this with most people. In the end it always revolves
>>around the fear that a machine could "think", or other unrational worries.
>>
>>So most of the time the discussion is pointless. That's extremely frustrating.
>>At one point you say "but imagine this..." and the guy you are talking to
>>obviously cannot imagine, or does not want to.
>
>Sadly enough, that matches my experience with this topic.
>
>An example: one person (knowledgable and intelligent) I talked to had no
>problem with the concept that some machine might be unable to perform
>a certain task, but he would absolutely not admit that the human thought
>process might also be unable to do some task.
That's it. The discussion is biased right from the start.
I think we could create a club! :)
Christophe
>That the human brain has all capabilities and no non-capabilities appears
>to often be an absolute axiom.
>
>Heiner
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