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The argument in this paper comes down to "computers can't think because I don't label what they do as 'thinking'". Now if you make the argument that we're very
by Tloewald 13y ago
The argument in this paper comes down to "computers can't think because I don't label what they do as 'thinking'".
Now if you make the argument that we're very unlikely to build a conscious machine without knowing what consciousness is, and simply assuming that it's an emergent property of complexity is probably foolish. OK. Maybe. Who knows?
- danieltillett 13y agoThis seems to be the standard response of philosophers who take an anti-AI stance - define what ever computers do as not thinking and therefore computers can't think. The major problem with this argument is it can be applied to philosophers just as easily.