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Originally posted by ChaoticOrder
Just how exactly does one go about designing a self ware machine which has the ability to design other self aware machines?
My hypothesis is that in order for a machine to have truly unpredictable behavior and what I would call "free will", that machine needs access to some type of truly random data source
Originally posted by Mike.Ockizard
reply to post by ChaoticOrder
My hypothesis is that in order for a machine to have truly unpredictable behavior and what I would call "free will", that machine needs access to some type of truly random data source
So who's to say the human brain isn't an electro-mechanical device that is being influenced by a source of intelligence posessing intent? (Soul/Self/God)
AI would destroy the universe trying to learn what it is. You don't want that.
Originally posted by AthlonSavage
It eventually be found that to develop consciousness in the true sense that awareness needs to an emotional based. The emotions make our own awareness change gears and move in different directions. Imagine machines with emotions.
Originally posted by AthlonSavage
It eventually be found that to develop consciousness in the true sense that awareness needs to an emotional based. The emotions make our own awareness change gears and move in different directions.
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Originally posted by spartacus699
philosophy. good for toilet reading. How big will my crap be. Can't I determine the size of my own sheat, or am I forever destined to have purely random crap come out of my butt.edit on 7-8-2013 by spartacus699 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by ChaoticOrder
It makes no difference, everything is simply energy in one form or another. If the soul exists it would be made of energy of some form, and the same questions apply to that energy and the behavior of it.
Originally posted by spartacus699
Only when you experience do you colapse the wave function. It's similar to a video game.
Originally posted by Bleeeeep
reply to post by ChaoticOrder
AI would destroy the universe trying to learn what it is. You don't want that.
To answer your deterministic and randomness question: I think probably both have happened. At the moment, we're reacting to what was spoken long ago (from our perspective.) I believe we're going through this to learn faith but it's already done.
Yeah, I know how it sounds.