<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 4:28 AM, Gordon Swobe <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gts_2000@yahoo.com">gts_2000@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
--- On Wed, 3/3/10, Stefano Vaj <<a href="mailto:stefano.vaj@gmail.com">stefano.vaj@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
If input equals "Given that your performance seems equal to that of a human, do you have a mind?" then output "Yes indeed, I have a mind just like Stefano has a mind."<br></blockquote><div><br></div>
<div><br></div><div>Well then Gordon, I will give credence to your views if you can prove to me that you are not such a program.</div><div><br></div><div>Nobody is calling you crazy for thinking <i>this</i> program will not produce a mind, except, I guess, your Straw Man. What you are saying is not being argued, and is in fact obvious. </div>
<div><br></div><div>The fact that you can program a fake mind does not in anyway preclude the fact that a real one could be programmed. I do see how you think the brain may have special components which may prevent today's computers from emulating it. This is probably true. I do not see how you believe that the brain will <i>always</i> have some inextricable property allowing it consciousness. The very nature of our universe tells us we can mimic anything in that manner. Maybe a mechanism in the brain prevents any large-scale objects from forming a mind because it only takes place at microscopic levels. In this case, we can make our brain out of tiny beer cans. It's a bit hasty of people to say that ANY medium could mimic neurons, because we do not fully comprehend the phenomena involved. However, SOME medium absolutely could.</div>
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