Comments on: Review of Kurzweil: The Singularity is Near http://www.sciscoop.com/2006-2-2-235543-1942.html Scooping up science news and dropping it on your desk Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:23:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: benhocking http://www.sciscoop.com/2006-2-2-235543-1942.html/comment-page-1#comment-4158 benhocking Tue, 18 Apr 2006 11:44:20 +0000 http://localhost/~arielschwartz/wordpress/sciscoop/?p=2757#comment-4158 <p>My rejoinder to people invoking Searle's Chinese Room example (regarding whether or not such a machine would be intelligent) is to ask how they are sure that we're really intelligent. I don't mean this in an "oh, we're stupid" way, but in a "what is intelligence, and how do we know we have it" kind of way.</p> <p>Perhaps I've been overly influence by Skinner, but I'm not convinced that "intelligence" is a well-defined term. That doesn't keep me from studying AI, but still...</p> My rejoinder to people invoking Searle’s Chinese Room example (regarding whether or not such a machine would be intelligent) is to ask how they are sure that we’re really intelligent. I don’t mean this in an “oh, we’re stupid” way, but in a “what is intelligence, and how do we know we have it” kind of way.

Perhaps I’ve been overly influence by Skinner, but I’m not convinced that “intelligence” is a well-defined term. That doesn’t keep me from studying AI, but still…

]]> By: Sweetwind http://www.sciscoop.com/2006-2-2-235543-1942.html/comment-page-1#comment-3769 Sweetwind Wed, 08 Feb 2006 12:49:59 +0000 http://localhost/~arielschwartz/wordpress/sciscoop/?p=2757#comment-3769 By: apsmith http://www.sciscoop.com/2006-2-2-235543-1942.html/comment-page-1#comment-3259 apsmith Tue, 07 Feb 2006 14:23:23 +0000 http://localhost/~arielschwartz/wordpress/sciscoop/?p=2757#comment-3259 Sorry about that - apparently the site I had it on didn't allow remote linking. I've relocated the image, should be good now! Sorry about that – apparently the site I had it on didn’t allow remote linking. I’ve relocated the image, should be good now!

]]> By: apsmith http://www.sciscoop.com/2006-2-2-235543-1942.html/comment-page-1#comment-2570 apsmith Fri, 03 Feb 2006 21:29:36 +0000 http://localhost/~arielschwartz/wordpress/sciscoop/?p=2757#comment-2570 The link is fixed. What do you see in place of the graphic? The URL should be here: <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7471/319/1600/KurzweilP67.jpg"> http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7471/ 319/1600/KurzweilP67.jpg</a> The link is fixed. What do you see in place of the graphic? The URL should be here:

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7471/ 319/1600/KurzweilP67.jpg

]]> By: Sweetwind http://www.sciscoop.com/2006-2-2-235543-1942.html/comment-page-1#comment-1606 Sweetwind Fri, 03 Feb 2006 11:03:38 +0000 http://localhost/~arielschwartz/wordpress/sciscoop/?p=2757#comment-1606 (Ooopsie! I voted for the story and it zipped out of editing mode and I can't post an editorial comment anymore!) The first link (essay on space solar power) is busted. Also, I can't see the graph image. Worth voting for anyway :-) terrific review apsmith! (Ooopsie! I voted for the story and it zipped out of editing mode and I can’t post an editorial comment anymore!) The first link (essay on space solar power) is busted. Also, I can’t see the graph image. Worth voting for anyway :-) terrific review apsmith!

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