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Cats aren't Turing complete because they don't have intentionality. Everything it was doing was a result of instinct.
by Konohamaru 5y ago
Cats aren't Turing complete because they don't have intentionality. Everything it was doing was a result of instinct.
- visarga 5y agoNot much gap between instinct and intention. You could say instincts are default intentions selected by evolution.
- ilyagr 5y agoYou might argue that animals don't have intentions (especially if you never observed one closely). However, it seems difficult indeed to believe that a cat has less intentionality than an abstract Turing machine -- or your desktop computer for that matter.
- Konohamaru 5y agoActual Turing machines (okay, finite state approximations of them, which are the only ones that can physically exist...) have externally imposed intentionality.
- matbatt38 5y ago> Cats aren't Turing complete because they don't have intentionality. Everything it was doing was a result of instinct. Well, first, cats most likely do have intentionality. But mostly, why do you think intentionality is a requirement for Turing Completeness ?