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NL888 Posted 12 years ago
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Yet there is no reason to think that they are anything other than flesh-and-blood machines?
Does "yet there is no reason to think that they are anything other than flesh-and-blood machines " mean "yet we have the reason to deem that they are just some flesh-and-blood machines"?
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OUR brains are incredible. They are the most complicated things in the universe that we know of. And yet there is no reason to think that they are anything other than flesh-and-blood machines - which means we should able be build machines that can emulate them.
Artificial intelligences on a human level would probably not remain at that level for long. AIs are expected to become smarter than us before 2050 (Technological Forecasting and Social Change, vol 78, p 185). A few researchers even think it could happen in the next decade.
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OUR brains are incredible. They are the most complicated things in the universe that we know of. And yet there is no reason to think that they are anything other than flesh-and-blood machines - which means we should able be build machines that can emulate them.
Artificial intelligences on a human level would probably not remain at that level for long. AIs are expected to become smarter than us before 2050 (Technological Forecasting and Social Change, vol 78, p 185). A few researchers even think it could happen in the next decade.
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Not quite. There is no reason to think that they are not flesh-and-blood machines. No reason for something does not logically imply a reason for its opposite.
- Not quite.
- There is no reason to think that they are not flesh-and-blood machines.
- No reason for something does not logically imply a reason for its opposite.
- Also, to be clear, "reason" here means "cause/motive".
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Not quite. There is no reason to think that they are not flesh-and-blood machines. No reason for something does not logically imply a reason for its opposite.
Also, to be clear, "reason" here means "cause/motive". Your phrasing "we have the reason to ..." sounds a bit like it means "we have the intelligence / reasoning power to...". Perhaps you didn't intend this. Here you should s
Also, to be clear, "reason" here means "cause/motive". Your phrasing "we have the reason to ..." sounds a bit like it means "we have the intelligence / reasoning power to...". Perhaps you didn't intend this. Here you should s
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