At 11:17 AM 10/01/2000, you wrote:
>For those who claim to know exactly what intelligence is -- merely a brain
>function.
Chris
If what is described in the article is considered intelligence, then the
average computer program is definitely intelligent. I am personally willing
to accept such a concept of intelligence-as-computation, but will point out
that it is perfectly "materialistic" in that it doesn't require anything
that mindless matter can't do.
>Bertvan
>http://members.aol.com/bertvam
>
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_944000/944790.stm
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