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Article 7599 of comp.ai.philosophy:
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>From: christo@psych.toronto.edu (Christopher Green)
Subject: Re: It is AI when...
Message-ID: <1992Nov11.143129.5598@psych.toronto.edu>
Organization: Department of Psychology, University of Toronto
References: <Stafford-101192104649@stafford.winona.msus.edu> <1992Nov10.204536.16987@psych.toronto.edu> <1992Nov11.074800.16835JPII@tygra.Michigan.COM>
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 14:31:29 GMT

In article <1992Nov11.074800.16835JPII@tygra.Michigan.COM> dave@tygra.Michigan.COM (David Conrad) writes:
>In article <1992Nov10.204536.16987@psych.toronto.edu> christo@psych.toronto.edu (Christopher Green) writes:
>>In article <Stafford-101192104649@stafford.winona.msus.edu> Stafford@Vax2.Winona.MSUS.EDU (John Stafford) writes:
>>>Complete AI is when a machine produces useful, unsolicited
>>>solutions to unanticipated problems and we cannot discern 
>>>it's methods.
>>
>>So, if after such a machine has produced as useful, unsolicited solution
>>to an unanticipated problem, we tear it apart and figure how what it's
>>method must have been, the formerly intelligent behavior becomes unintelligent
>>(because we can now discern its method)? 
>
>Indeed, since we are constantly trying to "tear apart" the brain and figure
>out how it works, will we one day decide that our own behaviour is not
>intelligent (once we can discern its method)?
>
I take the to be a reductio on the original proposition, n'est pas?


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