Re: What language will be used to write the first self aware program?

David Steuber wrote:
Larry Clapp <larry@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:


On 2006-03-30, Ken Tilton <kentilton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

But this does not show that much about intelligence since the
question emerges fairly directly from Cyc attempting to gather
knowledge.


So "Mommy, where did I come from?" does not count? :)

The breakthru has happened when we tell the system what it is and it
says, OK, I see all that, the hardware, the software... but what
about /me/? Where is that?

I predict we will not be able to construct a self-aware program until
we can answer this question. :)


That is the question that keeps me wondering about life.


Buddha concluded that the self is an illusion. Quite liberating.

kt

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