[ExI] Fw: Re: atheists declare religions as scams.

[Dave Sill]

On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 1:45 PM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:

> Every time we reach a
> kilometerstone such as a computer chess champion, Jeopardy champion,
> chat-room Eliza which passes the Turing test and so forth, a chorus of
> geeks
> chant in unison (all together now): "But that isn't true intelllllligence."
> Reason: we understand exactly how it works.  Almost by definition, real
> intelligence has to be something we do not understand.  So we keep raising
> the bar whenever necessary.
>

Sorry, no, that's not it at all. Real intelligence is the ability to learn,
to understand, to make inferences. We may not understand the process today,
but I don't think it's beyond our comprehension.

BTW, where's this chat-room Eliza that passes the Turing test?

-Dave
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