tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post1414302913584212410..comments2024-02-29T03:34:23.190-05:00Comments on Who Were the Sea Peoples?: Humans Beings Can Be Constructed from Sticks, Straw, and Old Clothing!gcallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-58079554079547624052012-06-23T19:09:28.980-04:002012-06-23T19:09:28.980-04:00New post is up.New post is up.gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-4154468489187464582012-06-23T18:44:54.277-04:002012-06-23T18:44:54.277-04:00"I'm not seeing what's "obviousl..."I'm not seeing what's "obviously silly" about this."<br /><br />Then I will explain further -- post coming in a few minutes.<br /><br />"Dennett is just saying that we shouldn't presume we know everything about this thing we call a "mind""<br /><br />No, he is saying much more than that: he is saying this IS how mind came about, in this bottom up fashion.gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-35457043190248390722012-06-23T15:54:06.623-04:002012-06-23T15:54:06.623-04:00I'm not seeing what's "obviously sill...I'm not seeing what's "obviously silly" about this.<br /><br />The point is Turing was looking at one thing a "mind" can do, and demonstrated quite successfully that it could actually be reproduced faithfully with something that isn't a "mind" by the normal standards that we use at all.<br /><br />You might have said before Turing "mindless tools can do a lot of useful things but they certainly can't do something you need a mind to do - such as computations!".<br /><br />Now that logic <i>is</i> obviously silly.<br /><br />Dennett's is not. Dennett is just saying that we shouldn't presume we know everything about this thing we call a "mind", and that there is a blueprint for creating properties of minds that may lead to even more impressive "artificial intelligences" in the future.<br /><br />Of course that would raise questions about how "artificial" that intelligence really is.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17192667997950934790noreply@blogger.com