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Topic: On the diagonal argument again
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David Bernier

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Re: On the diagonal argument again
Posted: Jun 7, 2012 2:22 AM
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On 06/06/2012 09:36 PM, Graham Cooper wrote:
> On Jun 5, 11:49 am, Aatu Koskensilta<aatu.koskensi...@uta.fi> wrote:
>> Graham Cooper<grahamcoop...@gmail.com> writes:
>>> Say to navigate with a GPS, or talk maths.
>>
>> So what do you think of, what do you think wereWinograd'slater
>> ideas, about the prospects of computers having intelligible protracred
>> conversations on these matters based on his early ideas, about such
>> things in general? Does, perhaps, Heidegger figure here somehow?
>>

>
> Say you extended BLOCKS to DRAWERS
> (I was putting together a few this morning!)
>
> [TOP DRAWER]
> [2nd DRAWER]
> [3rd DRAWER]
> [BOT.DRAWER]
>
> ..had Multiple Agents *CRANES* accessing the drawers,
> limited information, labels on some drawers, etc. etc.
>
> Then you could set up a game like The 3 Doors Problem.
>
> Add some Probability Axioms and it could give protracted reasoning why
> you always switch should a 2nd door be offered by the game host.
>
> Herc


Do you think intelligent computers without access to Archimedes,
Euclid, Galileo, Newton, Maxwell, Darwin and all that scientific
and technical knowledge, left in a an almost stone-age environment,
could invent a religion?

Dave




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