On Sat, May 18, 2019 at 2:56 PM Philip Thrift <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Saturday, May 18, 2019 at 2:39:29 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: >> >> >> >> On 5/18/2019 6:37 AM, Philip Thrift wrote: >> >> *A simulated human brain could describe it's back pain in every detail, >> write whole paragraphs about what it's like, while according to the theory >> of substrate dependence, it knows nothing of what it's writing about. Where >> then does this knowledge if pain come from when the AI writes a page about >> the back pain it is in?* >> >> >> >> A simulated human brain could read the Wikipedia article on pain [ >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pain ] and integrate this knowledge into >> its knowledge base, but it could not experience pain. >> >> >> How do you know this so-called fact? >> >> Brent >> > > > > My main point is that those who say it can (I say it can't) can't talk > about telepathy, precognition, astral projection etc. being crazy. > > Perhaps you could be so kind as to point out where we erred? Jason -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CA%2BBCJUhbkcjUYXi%2BxuZsJ6nsmM12s8OHSB-vVYohBh9AnfHCOg%40mail.gmail.com.
