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On 06/28/2011 11:49 AM, Richard Loosemore wrote:
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Eugen Leitl wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 05:28:09PM -0400, Richard Loosemore wrote:
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<pre wrap="">An ordinary PC, if programmed correctly, might be capable of something
approaching full human intelligence in real time. Probably not, but it
is a possibility.
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Definitely not.
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Well, all I can say that is "definite" is that the above statement
is
definitely garbage. ;-)<br>
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Until you understand what is involved in the mechanisms of
intelligence, you are in no position to make such a definitive
statement.<br>
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Are you sure? Given the known average speed and other performance
characteristics of ordinary PCs (and their OS) and any particular
model of an AGI it should be quite possible to say pretty
definitively whether that model can be usefully realized on that
hardware. This is an engineering task that does not require deep
definitive knowledge of what mechanisms are capable of producing
intelligence.<br>
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- samantha<br>
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