AlexFinks

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   by AlexFinks 13y ago

   I would think that Linux financially scales better than Windows, which is why Windows Server + SQL is shrinking while Linux server is growing, and now Linux is the world's most popular system for servers, especially for highest-traffic
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   by AlexFinks 13y ago

   To me, the mark of an artificial intelligence is general analogizing ability , and that's not what we have here. A system capable of general analogy could potentially write its own drivers with some light scaffolding or guidance. A sy
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   by AlexFinks 13y ago

   I think we're still on the same page for consciousness; we're just using different words, except for the fact that you add a reflexive (or feedback) component to consciousness, which I think is an appropriate addition. I still mai
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   by AlexFinks 13y ago

   There is indeed a science of consciousness, such as with anesthesiology or pharmacology. These sciences are concerned with the space of awareness of a subject. I'd also say that there is an objectivity to subjective perception; for exa
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   by AlexFinks 13y ago

   I think it's better to privately consult an attorney on anything you think is substantially suspicious to your superiors than to go through the chain of the command. Exposing your dangerous intentions to report potentially illegal beha
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   by AlexFinks 13y ago

   I think that transparency and opaqueness provide different kinds of security, but they are related to security. It would be wrong to say that they are independent simply because an opaque system can still have the ability to be extremely se
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   by AlexFinks 13y ago

   But why is it dangerous, on balance, to make assumptions of causality from data and statistics alone? Animals, such as rats and ravens, face this problem all the time, and yet they can meaningfully effect the world in such manner that would