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Article #8888Re: Simulating thinking is NOT like simulating flying
From: Roland Rambau
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1990 17:14
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1990 17:14
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ray@bcsaic.UUCP (Ray Allis) writes:
->computer programs are simulations, not models or duplications. A simulation
->cannot be or produce duplication (except, trivially, of another simulation).
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
->Therefore a computer program cannot be or produce a mind.
But consciousness is essentially (self-)_simulation_, so a computer program
can _duplicate_ at least consciousness. And that's the most interesting part.
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I know that You believe You understand what You think I said, but
I'm not sure You realize that what You heard is not what I meant.
Roland Rambau
rra@cochise.pcs.com, {unido|pyramid}!pcsbst!rra, 2:507/414.2.fidonet
--
I know that You believe You understand what You think I said, but
I'm not sure You realize that what You heard is not what I meant.
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