Of course. Its inevitable you (and likely I) will have an argument with a
machine intelligence that is just about as valid interpersonally as with a
person. A Turing Test (look up if you like) might make uncertain who is the
machine anyway...
But you can always say: "You just a program because I have a copy of it here",
and it can say: "Same with you... I have the genome in front of me too".
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There is an interesting phenomenon in AI... I call it "The No True Scotsman
Intelligence Fallacy".
Ever hear of the No True Scotsman Fallacy?
http://en.wikiped...
It goes like this:
Argument: "No Scotsman puts sugar on his porridge."
Reply: "But my uncle Angus, who is a Scotsman, likes sugar with his porridge."
Rebuttal: "Aye, but no true Scotsman puts sugar on his porridge."
Well the No True Scotsman Intelligence Fallacy works like this:
Computers will never be able to read handwritten text and interpret them as
text
OCR can turn handwritten documents into computerized text
Ay, but that's not a real test of intelligence
Computers will never beat a human at chess.
Big Blue beats Kasparov at chess.
Ay, but that's not a real test of intelligence.
Computers will never be able to drive a car.
D-Arpa has a competition where computers drive cars across rugged terrain
Ay, but that's not a real test of intelligence.
Computers will never be able to parse out the words from the human voice.
Computers can parse out words from the human voice.
Ay, but thats' not a real test of intelligence.
One day it will be...
Computers can never hold a conversation with a human
But computers can hold a conversation with a human
Ay, but that's not a real test of intelligence.
Perhaps, in an ironic sense, the conclusion is correct, human conversation,
especially depending on the human, may indeed not be a good test of
intelligence. :)
Have a good day...MCW
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