[ExI] Semiotics and Computability

[Gordon Swobe]

--- On Fri, 2/5/10, Stathis Papaioannou <stathisp at gmail.com> wrote:

>> Not impossible at all! Weak AI that passes the Turing
>> test is entirely possible. It will just take a lot of hard
>> work to get there.
> 
> Yes, but then when pressed you say that such a brain or
> brain component would *not* behave exactly like the natural
> equivalent!

I've said that such an artificial neuron/brain will require a lot of work before it behaves like the natural equivalent. This is why the surgeon in your thought experiment must keep replacing and re-programming your artificial neurons until finally he creates a patient that passes the TT. 

-gts