Re: [sl4] Re: goals of AI

From: Matt Paul (lizardblue@gmail.com)
Date: Tue Dec 01 2009 - 07:48:10 MST


On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 11:56 PM, John K Clark <johnkclark@fastmail.fm>wrote:

> On Mon, 30 Nov 2009 "Matt Paul" <lizardblue@gmail.com> said:
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> > what is imagination?
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> >>Thinking of alternatives. What in hell does instructions from other
> >>dimensions have to do about that? I'd say it's just as important as
> >>God's grace radiating from heaven. Not very.
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What defines a possible alternative? Are all possibilities alternatives? If
not, then what are the constraints? Those constraints would be based upon
what you already know, which removes a method of discovery the human
intelligence uses. My perspective is that this tool is actually part of our
human intelligence.

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