tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post4949815851719712632..comments2024-03-29T15:13:42.610+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Why are so many mainstream media concerning with the danger of takeover by evil A.I.s (artificial intelligences)?Bruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-20630998396218381902019-11-14T09:06:52.363+00:002019-11-14T09:06:52.363+00:00@Keri - Thanks for the calrification - I thought i...@Keri - Thanks for the calrification - I thought it seemed an uncharacteristic statement!Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-72066608496141456242019-11-14T09:05:31.139+00:002019-11-14T09:05:31.139+00:00Sorry I was being unclear with the sentence you q...Sorry I was being unclear with the sentence you quoted of mine, what I was saying was: that is the idea of what a scientists thoughts are, not the reality. Scientists even the most materialistic ones still have ideas, intuitions etc, but they like to think that they don't. Keri Fordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14386177565660630959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-17817778421939655522019-11-14T08:55:04.651+00:002019-11-14T08:55:04.651+00:00@Keri - Agreed - except:
"A scientific theor...@Keri - Agreed - except:<br /><br />"A scientific theory is not a brilliant idea but the inevitable outcome forced upon the experimental scientist by external facts." <br /><br />I would say that true theories (which are pretty rare, a product of some level of genius) are intuitive, and come from some kind of direct apprehension of reality which goes beyond and deeper than 'external facts' - after all, what counts as 'external facts' and which of these are relevant is a product of prior conviction. <br /><br />There are an 'infinite' number of wrong theories, and very few that could be regarded as (even partially) true - so there must be a positive 'attraction' between true theories and the thinking of real scientists - real scientists being genuinely motivated by truth. <br /><br />When the scientist is merely careerist, or motivated by politcs or ideology, his motivation is not truth-full - and then there is no limit to the error, to the falseness of theory - as we see all around us. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-69135627451498711712019-11-14T08:41:50.706+00:002019-11-14T08:41:50.706+00:00"My understanding is that the triumph of AI w..."My understanding is that the triumph of AI will not be when it becomes sentient, but when people believe it is sentient."<br /><br />I liked this, the smartest AI, application that can beat a chess champion or play ping pong at the level of a professional still has no consciousness, no thought, but the developments of thought in modernity, through materialism has increasingly devalued the inner life of thought. A scientific theory is not a brilliant idea but the inevitable outcome forced upon the experimental scientist by external facts. Our conception of our own thinking is moving toward the image of the machine.Keri Fordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14386177565660630959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-25160656210457669702019-11-14T03:40:54.945+00:002019-11-14T03:40:54.945+00:00This is right on point. It will never be alive, bu...This is right on point. It will never be alive, but if you can't functionally tell the difference, for most, there won't be one. Bradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10302725182818952778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-1366850480264184852019-11-13T18:32:56.043+00:002019-11-13T18:32:56.043+00:00@d - I would give it three stars (from five) - an ...@d - I would give it three stars (from five) - an entertaining evening while it was happening, but forgettable. Worth watching, if you like that sort of thing; but not rewatching. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-56445142993585635242019-11-13T18:30:18.347+00:002019-11-13T18:30:18.347+00:00"I was watching the most recent 'Terminat..."I was watching the most recent 'Terminator' movie": good Lord, is it confession time? Repent and atone, BC.deariemenoreply@blogger.com