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That user didn’t “miss the point” and you’ve only reiterated their point that by your logic a piece of paper and pencil is “Turing complete”
by edgyquant 4y ago
That user didn’t “miss the point” and you’ve only reiterated their point that by your logic a piece of paper and pencil is “Turing complete”
- curiousgal 4y agoYou missed their point, a piece of paper and pencil is not making any decisions.
- posterboy 4y agoThe turing machine isn't mindful, anyway, the engineer is. You don't have to turn this into a philosophical problem that will inevitably pitch hypothetical GAI against menial workers, thousand monkeys on a typewriter, or equivalently a young person and billions of neurons on blank canvas. That's not anymore about the technical point of the submission. It would need back up from psychology to remain remotely technical: why did the chicken cross the road?
- linschn 4y agoNo, it seems that you are the one that don't understand. A piece of paper is not Turing Complete because the computation happens in the head of whoever is holding the pen. An excel sheet (or actually a power point presentation!) is, because the user just has to mindlessly, unconditionally, do a simple, non computational action to make the cycles go forward. There is a difference between the two scenario, and if you can't see it, please do ask questions until I'm able to make that clear to you.