Characters
can a computer have a “mind” in exactly the same sense that we have “minds”? Maybe the mind and the self are a kind of system of information or a pattern, analogous to the software and structured data in a computer. It’s not physical, it’s an arrangement of a set physical things that represents an…
The I in “AI”
what is “intelligence”? It’s weird that in a set of articles about AI, I’m only finally getting around to talking about what the field of A.I. research has to say. This article relies the leading AI textbook, part Bible and part encyclopedia: Stuart Russell and Peter Norvig’s Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach. Intelligence Professional and…
The Stepford Scenario
could you love a machine the same way you love your children? Consider this thought experiment, which is a variation on the 1972 movie “Stepford Wives”. (This version works better for parents.) If this was a movie, we would expect you to fight to death to get your children back. That’s the only way this…
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CHARLES GILLINGHAM 