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That is an incorrect comparison. A building, all buildings, are dwellings, but they are no more or less the sum of their parts than anything else. It’s not abou
by austin-cheney 2y ago
That is an incorrect comparison. A building, all buildings, are dwellings, but they are no more or less the sum of their parts than anything else. It’s not about the construction materials. It’s about the utility.
- teleforce 2y agoNot OP but I think it is correct comparison. Dijkstra's quote succinctly summarized the arguments: "The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim."
- CoastalCoder 2y agoWith all due respect to Dijkstra, whether or not something is interesting is subjective. I wonder if his point was that the question didn't need to be answered for whatever they were discussing at the time?
- dTal 2y agoHis point is that question ultimately boils down to a semantic argument over the word "think/swim", which may be interesting to a linguist but is not philosophically meaty in the way the question implies.
- low_tech_love 2y ago> It’s not about the construction materials. It’s about the utility. I think I missed your point. Wasn’t that exactly what I said?