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From: Lupton@luptonpj.demon.co.uk (Peter Lupton)
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Subject: Re: Strong AI and consciousness
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In article: <3b1h3j$4tb@news1.shell>  hfinney@shell.portal.com (Hal) writes:
> 
> 
> I wonder if the question of whether a given computer is running a given
> program is really as unanswerable as has been assumed in this thread.
> Maybe Algorithmic Information Theory (as discussed in the writings of
> Chaitin or Kolmogorov) can shed some light on the matter.
> 

I think you are absolutely right!

Cheers,
Pete Lupton
