Are We Spiritual Machines?: Ray Kurzweil Vs. the Critics of Strong AI |
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... claims that are easily feasible today but rather to the convincing claims of future machines . As one example of many , I write in my book ( p . 60 ) that these claims " won't seem like a programmed response . The machines will be ...
... claims that are easily feasible today but rather to the convincing claims of future machines . As one example of many , I write in my book ( p . 60 ) that these claims " won't seem like a programmed response . The machines will be ...
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... claim to be conscious today , but such claims are not convincing . They lack the subtle and profound behavior that would make such claims compelling . But the claims of nonbiological entities some decades from now - en- tities that are ...
... claim to be conscious today , but such claims are not convincing . They lack the subtle and profound behavior that would make such claims compelling . But the claims of nonbiological entities some decades from now - en- tities that are ...
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... Claims to be conscious neither prove nor even suggest its actual presence , nor does an inability to make such a ... claims will be convincing . There is a huge difference between idle claims ( which are feasible today ) , and convincing ...
... Claims to be conscious neither prove nor even suggest its actual presence , nor does an inability to make such a ... claims will be convincing . There is a huge difference between idle claims ( which are feasible today ) , and convincing ...
Contents
The Evolution of Mind in the TwentyFirst Century | 12 |
The Flawed Analogy | 78 |
Kurzweils Impoverished Spirituality | 98 |
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