From: Michael Lorrey (retroman@tpk.net)
Date: Sun Apr 13 1997 - 16:00:01 MDT
Hara Ra wrote:
>
> Gregory Houston wrote:
>
> > Him? The computer can only determine beauty based on the criteria the
> > programmer programmed into it. The computer cannot determine beauty
> > based on its own experiences of emotive affect. It may *know* what
> > beauty is supposed to be, but it has never experienced the emotive
> > sensations of beauty.
>
> 1. In this modern era of neural networks and genetic algorithms, it is
> quite possible for a computer program to develop abilities the
> programmer never thought of.
>
> 2. I am sure my water molecules never feel anything either...
>
Greg is still functioning under the delusion that he was born with an
ability to appreciate and formulate the abstract concept "beauty".
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