Author: Dan Homan
Date: 13:06:08 12/16/99
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On December 16, 1999 at 15:28:12, Tom Kerrigan wrote: >On December 16, 1999 at 14:25:38, Dan Homan wrote: > >>A carpenter requires wood to make a bench >>A stone carver makes a bench >>Therefore the stone carver has wood > >Ah, okay. I see your point. Interesting. I hadn't thought of it like that. > >The thing is, I like my "semantic" argument because it avoids defining >intelligence. From my experience, as soon as you try to pin down intelligence, >there are a dozen people just waiting to disagree with you. That's a real problem. Maybe the way to say it without defining intelligence is "computers can preform well at tasks that require intelligence for humans, chess for example". This leaves the conclusions about intelligence up to the reader. > >I figure, if you have a bench, for all practical purposes, it's made out of >wood. =) Good line. :) - Dan > >-Tom
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