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To: AndrewC
Good of you to look for the meaning of a post instead of taking cheap shots at the minimalist, literal statement.
4,768 posted on 01/13/2003 9:04:34 AM PST by js1138
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To: js1138
Good of you to look for the meaning of a post instead of taking cheap shots at the minimalist, literal statement.

I return the favor.

The word you apparently seek is consciousness. You have gone from AI to awareness to, I believe, consciousness. That is what I pointed out in my original post on the subject to you. You took a bleak view of the current possibility of achieving A.I.(precisely ---I don't doubt that A.I. is possible, but would agree that the current state of affairs is pretty bleak. We have achieved some sort of A.I. Deep Blue is evidence of the ability to do something thought to require intelligence. It would be deemed Artificial Intelligence. Consciousness is a different story.

4,771 posted on 01/13/2003 9:23:01 AM PST by AndrewC (Deep Blue kicks hiney)
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