Richard Wallace on slashdot. Yikes!

From: Michael Wiik (mwiik@messagenet.com)
Date: Fri Jul 26 2002 - 12:07:30 MDT


<<Descartes never talked about the relative weights of brain and mind,
but you can read in an implicit 50-50 assumption in most Dualist
literature. My idea is more like 99-1, or even 99.999999% automatic
machinery and .00000001% self-awareness, creativity, consciousness,
spirit or what have you.>>

My feeling exactly.

<<In case you haven't noticed, the field of Artificial Intelligence
(defined however you wish) has almost nothing to do with science. It is
all about politics....Having a good theory or better implementation of
anything is beside the point. Being able to "play the game" and knock
out the competition, that is what it is all about. Swim with sharks or
be eaten by them.>>

Heh.

http://interviews.slashdot.org/interviews/02/07/26/0332225.shtml

        -Mike

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