Re: [sl4] Re: goals of AI

From: Matt Paul (lizardblue@gmail.com)
Date: Tue Dec 01 2009 - 07:50:06 MST


On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 8:48 AM, Matt Paul <lizardblue@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 11:56 PM, John K Clark <johnkclark@fastmail.fm>wrote:
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>> On Mon, 30 Nov 2009 "Matt Paul" <lizardblue@gmail.com> said:
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>> > what is imagination?
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>> >>Thinking of alternatives. What in hell does instructions from other
>> >>dimensions have to do about that? I'd say it's just as important as
>> >>God's grace radiating from heaven. Not very.
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> What defines a possible alternative? Are all possibilities alternatives?
> If not, then what are the constraints? Those constraints would be based
> upon what you already know, which removes a method of discovery the human
> intelligence uses. My perspective is that this tool is actually part of our
> human intelligence.
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And, what about alternatives that aren't considered possible? Seemingly
immpossible possibilitites. Say that three times fast.

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