Re: virus: kurzweil cuts the mustard

David McFadzean (david@lucifer.com)
Sat, 02 Jan 1999 17:16:46 -0700

At 10:17 AM 1/2/99 +0000, Robin Faichney wrote:

>I'm assuming that it can learn, so if we're talking
>about an extendable lookup table, you're right. But
>that point I'm trying to make is that a machine, of
>whatever sort, has no reason to be more limited in
>its responses than we
are.

Are you saying it is possible for a machine to act like it is conscious, yet not be? (A "zombie" in philosophical parlance.)

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