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>From: santas@inf.ethz.ch (Philip Santas)
Subject: Re: Strong AI and panpsychism
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In article <1992Feb29.143406.20009@oracorp.com> daryl@oracorp.com (Daryl McCullough) writes:
>bhw@aifh.ed.ac.uk (Barbara H. Webb) writes:
>
>>>What I mean by implementation is pretty simple: A implements B if
>>>there are functions mapping states of A to states of B and inputs and
>>>outputs of A to inputs and outputs of B such that the mappings
>>>preserve the transition relations.
>
>>Surely this relationship of A and B is sufficient only for _simulation_.
>>Implementation requires (at least) an _identity_ of inputs and outputs
>>of the two systems, rather than a mere mapping between them.
>
>You are right, that requiring identity of inputs and outputs solves a
>lot of the problems. However, it may be too strict a requirement.
>Consider a person who has lost his hearing. He or she can learn to
>communicate using sign language, which is a different (but
>approximately isomorphic, at least if the person uses Signed English)
>set of input and output signals. Does the person now implement a
>different system?

Yes, he cannot listen to music (Beethoven COULD hear when he was young).

You limit the problem into a form of 'communication by words',
when fine arts have some other interesting ways.

Philip Santas

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