[ExI] The symbol grounding problem in strong AI

[John Clark]

On Dec 20, 2009 Gordon Swobe wrote:

> In other words, you would rather adopt the position that anything capable of intelligent behavior has a mind capable of holding thoughts than adopt Searle's much more conventional position that only advanced organisms with brains can do so. 

Not a bad paraphrase of my words, my only quibble is with the "much more conventional position". I would say that Searle's ideas are conventional in the same way that creationists and their 6000 year old Earth is conventional. Searle is certainly in their camp and it astounds me you want to be associated with such scum.

> Panpsychism is as fine a religion as any I suppose. 

Tell the atheist that atheism is a religion, wow, I never heard that one before!

 John K Clark

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