Re: virus: kurzweil cuts the mustard

sodom (Sodom@ma.ultranet.com)
Wed, 30 Dec 1998 17:43:52 -0500

i dont see why you need to understand consciousness to recreate something
similar (although it certainly helps). The power of the computer is not all that
important - its all architecture. Also, we are not attempting to re-create a
human consciousness, we are trying to create the conditions in which we know
consciousness works - a neural network. Also - you basic arguments arent
rational.

Robin Faichney wrote:

> The point is that we don't understand consciousness in people,
> so we can't build it into machines.

We dont understand a lot about electons either, but we can make em do a lot of
tricks.

> If you believe that any
> sufficiently powerful computer would be conscious, then that's
> just blind faith.
> --
> Robin

I dont think anyone believes this.

Bill Roh