Are We Spiritual Machines?: Ray Kurzweil Vs. the Critics of Strong AI |
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... observer - independent features are the sorts of things discussed in physics and chemistry . Molecules , and ... relative . In Kurzweil's book many of his crucial notions oscillate between having a sense that is observer - independent ...
... observer - independent features are the sorts of things discussed in physics and chemistry . Molecules , and ... relative . In Kurzweil's book many of his crucial notions oscillate between having a sense that is observer - independent ...
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... observer - independent , psychologically relevant intelligence and metaphorical , observer - relative , psychologi- cally irrelevant ascriptions of intelligence . There is nothing wrong with the metaphor as such ; the only mistake is to ...
... observer - independent , psychologically relevant intelligence and metaphorical , observer - relative , psychologi- cally irrelevant ascriptions of intelligence . There is nothing wrong with the metaphor as such ; the only mistake is to ...
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... observer - relative sense , we can indeed say that lots of machines are more intelligent than human be- ings because we have designed the machines in such a way as to help us solve problems that we cannot solve , or cannot solve as ...
... observer - relative sense , we can indeed say that lots of machines are more intelligent than human be- ings because we have designed the machines in such a way as to help us solve problems that we cannot solve , or cannot solve as ...
Contents
The Evolution of Mind in the TwentyFirst Century | 12 |
The Flawed Analogy | 78 |
Kurzweils Impoverished Spirituality | 98 |
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