From: Emil Gilliam (emil@emilgilliam.com)
Date: Tue Jul 24 2001 - 01:46:45 MDT
>At 11:31 PM 7/23/01 -0400, Emil wrote:
>
>>What if:
> >
>>(1) The mind does something noncomputable (in the Turing sense),
>>thanks to as-yet unknown physics;
>>
>>(2) This noncomputability lies at the heart of qualia; and
>>
>>(3) We must explicitly take advantage of this feat of physics in
>>order to produce an artifact capable of running "real AI"?
>
>What if:
>
>(1) The legs do something nonambulatory (in the Touring sense),
>thanks to as-yet unknown physics;
>
>(2) This nonambulation lies at the heart of walking; and
>
>(3) We must explicitly take advantage of this feat [I'll restrain myself]
>of physics in order to produce an avatar capable of running, in "real AI"?
>
>Damien Broderick
>[who suspects it's all a category mistake--"words, words, words"]
I vaguely suspect you were trying to make some sort of point here,
but it got lost under the cuteness. But because I do have some sense
of humor, onto my office door it goes. :>
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- Emil
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