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>From: pindor@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Andrzej Pindor)
Subject: Re: The Systems Reply I
Message-ID: <1992May5.192729.26679@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>
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References: <1992Mar28.141316.16968@oracorp.com> <6590@skye.ed.ac.uk> <524@tdatirv.UUCP> <6639@skye.ed.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 5 May 1992 19:27:29 GMT

In article <6639@skye.ed.ac.uk> jeff@aiai.ed.ac.uk (Jeff Dalton) writes:
>In article <524@tdatirv.UUCP> sarima@tdatirv.UUCP (Stanley Friesen) writes:
>>
>>That is also my interest (in this group).  But what is understanding?
>>What is it that we humans have that we are looking for in computers?
>>Until we know that we cannot answer the question.
>
>What interests me in this is whether or not computers can understand,
>and not in whether or not I can explain what understanding is.
>Other people may have different interests.
>
Do you mean that it interests you whether or not computers can understand
without being able to explain what understanding is? It is fine if you keep
your interests to yourself, but if you wish to discuss them with other people,
it seems to be a serious problem! How do you tell them what it is that
interests you?
You say that you refuse to play 'definition game', but you then play 'refusal
to define' game.

>-- jd


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Andrzej Pindor
University of Toronto
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