On Friday, September 13, 2019 at 6:15:08 AM UTC-6, John Clark wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 3:35 AM Alan Grayson <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > *> If it knows which questions it got wrong, and the correct reply, it >> could easily be programmed to improve over time without ascribing >> "intelligence" or "consciousness" to it. Can't you admit that? AG* > > > The only thing I can ascribe consciousness to with absolute certainty is > me. As for intelligence, if something, man or machine, has no way of > knowing when it made a mistake or got a question wrong it will never get any > better, but if it has feedback and can improve its ability to correctly > answer difficult questions then it is intelagent. The only reason I ascribe > intelligence to Einstein is that he greatly improved his ability to answer > difficult physics questions (like what is the nature of space and time?), > he was much better at it when he was 27 than when he was 7. > > John K Clark >
The point I am making is that modern computers programmed by skillful programmers, can improve the "AI" 's performance. I see nothing to specially characterize this as "artifical intelligence". What am I missing from your perspective? AG -- 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/02eba413-dc29-4621-9692-ae9e8cfba125%40googlegroups.com.
