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 <agrays...@gmail.com > <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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/02eba413-dc29-4621-9692-ae9e8cfba125%40googlegroups.com.
