tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post110084913582291628..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: Generalized Turing testSteve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1102121826654920242004-12-03T19:57:00.000-05:002004-12-03T19:57:00.000-05:00I think there is an issue of connectivity and not ...I think there is an issue of connectivity and not just CPU flops. In the brain the connectivity is very large - each "processor" is connected to of order 10^(3-4) others, if I recall correctly. This architecture is very different from that of current CPUs, so allocating an extra decade to achieve it (or emulate it with overwhelming speed advantage) seems reasonable to me.<br /><br />Regarding Steve Hsuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1102107429579841092004-12-03T15:57:00.000-05:002004-12-03T15:57:00.000-05:00Ray Kurzweil has been suggesting the Moore's Law h...Ray Kurzweil has been suggesting the Moore's Law horizon is much closer, on the order of about 15 years. Does your student have the calculation handy ? It would be interesting to see it.<br /><br />What if the machines 'wake-up' and decide not to talk to us - how would we ever know ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1102052548968509952004-12-03T00:42:00.000-05:002004-12-03T00:42:00.000-05:00We have bet an undisclosed sum of money on whether...We have bet an undisclosed sum of money on whether the strong version of the Turing test will be passed within 50 years. My former student feels he has left a large margin of error, since the Moore's law estimates suggest the hardware capability will be there within about 30 years.Steve Hsuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1102045337141934082004-12-02T22:42:00.000-05:002004-12-02T22:42:00.000-05:00but what is the bet ?but what is the bet ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1101714159651205752004-11-29T02:42:00.000-05:002004-11-29T02:42:00.000-05:00You make an interesting point regarding intention ...You make an interesting point regarding intention and consciousness. But I was searching for an operational test that didn't impinge on the issue of consciousness. In practice, once I've found that someone has invented a black box that can learn quantum mechanics and help me design faster CPUs, it is then only a matter of mass production to accelerate the rate of technological progress Steve Hsuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1101712845622382642004-11-29T02:20:00.000-05:002004-11-29T02:20:00.000-05:00Perhaps we miss an important point when we concent...Perhaps we miss an important point when we concentrate on the observer in the blind: if the machine is capable of "fooling" the observer, it is capable of deceit. Since surely the first indication of consciousness is the ability to project the thoughts of others by modeling them within oneself, the proof of consciousness is the <EM>intent</EM> to behave in such a way as to warp those perceptions,DrPathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16569588783280338477noreply@blogger.com