Can all the people who claim that it is 'impossible' for computers to become sentient and emotional beings explain why?
How is a human body and brain special?
And lastly even if silicon cannot become sentient(and there is no reason to believe this) what about biological computers constructed by humans?
I find this instant reaction to say that such things are impossible without pausing for one second to consider the actual logic behind this whole discussion deeply distressing.
Yes I am quite sensitive to these things.
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I have trillian and GAIM and the only reason I still use trillian is because I can't work out how to have a three(or more) way conversation in GAIM.
Am I missing something or does GAIM not support that?
Minority "Pride" groups make no sense. Speaking as a membeer of a minority myself I see noting to be "proud" of in being black or white or straight or gay. These things just happen. Be proud of what you do.
Immigrants who work to become a citizen of a country deserve respect, as do soldiers(when they're not torturing prisoners). But really every citizen has a social contract with the state and should be protected and respected accordingly. Immigrants and Asylum seekers should be welcomed as no matter what the short term reactionary response is they will do the country good in the long term. Countries which recognise this tend to prosper while those that don't suffer.
Furthermore even if we accept that wind farms are unsightly, I still think that a little bit of ugliness, carefully placed in areas which are ugly anyway, is infinitely preferable to mass extinction.
I specifically said to a 'greater or lesser extent'. I too can think of several movies/tv series where atrocious acting and special effects have been completely masked by an excellent script.
I just resent the implication that widespread access to technology will automatically mean standards are lowered.
I'm sorry I don't understand why all these people are posting telling us that technology doesn't make a good movie.
A good script doesn't make a good movie.
Good actors don't make a good movie.
NO one thing makes a good movie: everything to a greater or lesser extent helps.
Now I think that actors and scripts are more important than special effects but every little bit helps and complaining that widespread access to this technology is going to somehow dilute the wonderful purity of indie film is complete bollocks.
Of course there are going to be a load of talentless morons who know how to work their warezed copy of Premiere making a shitload of crap. However these people will continue producing crap no matter how primitive the tools they have are. At least this way the technology is available and people can use it for good or ill.
I've had a hotmail account for three/four years and I haven't received a single piece of spam. I only use it for msn but at least that means that microsoft haven't been selling the address.
So what? Progress is progress people. We do it anyway and sooner or later, in a couple of decades, perhaps we'll all have holographic storage and optical computers all shoving huge masses of knowledge/power entangled bits through hyperspace to the outlying colonies.
Trust me, we will work out ways of using that bandwidth, even if it is just protect servers from slashdot.
ibooks are cheap. But they are still overpriced. The featureset is limited, the speed laughable, and the build quality on the ibook, while decent, is not up to Apple standards. Don't get me wrong I like Apples, they look cool, the software is deliciously simple but they are too expensive.
Watchmen is great, but what about Sandman and V for Vendetta? Or even Transmetropolitan? They're great too and to state that one comic is 'the greatest', suggests that comics are such a limited and impoverished area of literature that only one stands out.
I heard that rumour too. But let's face it provided you don't go carrying them around in the utility belt of your black catsuit right next to the grappling winch and pocket arc cutter you're not going to be arrested. And if it's just a hobby you won't be carrying them around anyway.
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Can all the people who claim that it is 'impossible' for computers to become sentient and emotional beings explain why? How is a human body and brain special? And lastly even if silicon cannot become sentient(and there is no reason to believe this) what about biological computers constructed by humans? I find this instant reaction to say that such things are impossible without pausing for one second to consider the actual logic behind this whole discussion deeply distressing. Yes I am quite sensitive to these things.
You're like some kind of insane genius. thanks
I have trillian and GAIM and the only reason I still use trillian is because I can't work out how to have a three(or more) way conversation in GAIM. Am I missing something or does GAIM not support that?
Minority "Pride" groups make no sense. Speaking as a membeer of a minority myself I see noting to be "proud" of in being black or white or straight or gay. These things just happen. Be proud of what you do. Immigrants who work to become a citizen of a country deserve respect, as do soldiers(when they're not torturing prisoners). But really every citizen has a social contract with the state and should be protected and respected accordingly. Immigrants and Asylum seekers should be welcomed as no matter what the short term reactionary response is they will do the country good in the long term. Countries which recognise this tend to prosper while those that don't suffer.
Furthermore even if we accept that wind farms are unsightly, I still think that a little bit of ugliness, carefully placed in areas which are ugly anyway, is infinitely preferable to mass extinction.
They haven't found mine yet
that is what I should have said in the first place. thanks.
I specifically said to a 'greater or lesser extent'. I too can think of several movies/tv series where atrocious acting and special effects have been completely masked by an excellent script. I just resent the implication that widespread access to technology will automatically mean standards are lowered.
I'm sorry I don't understand why all these people are posting telling us that technology doesn't make a good movie. A good script doesn't make a good movie. Good actors don't make a good movie. NO one thing makes a good movie: everything to a greater or lesser extent helps. Now I think that actors and scripts are more important than special effects but every little bit helps and complaining that widespread access to this technology is going to somehow dilute the wonderful purity of indie film is complete bollocks. Of course there are going to be a load of talentless morons who know how to work their warezed copy of Premiere making a shitload of crap. However these people will continue producing crap no matter how primitive the tools they have are. At least this way the technology is available and people can use it for good or ill.
Finally my R2D2 prototype will be fully functional! You see I left the plans for my death star on them, but I can't see them.
I've had a hotmail account for three/four years and I haven't received a single piece of spam. I only use it for msn but at least that means that microsoft haven't been selling the address.
A quick hack for this would be to remove the rest of your house.
From Slashdot.
Expensive fertiliser.
So what? Progress is progress people. We do it anyway and sooner or later, in a couple of decades, perhaps we'll all have holographic storage and optical computers all shoving huge masses of knowledge/power entangled bits through hyperspace to the outlying colonies. Trust me, we will work out ways of using that bandwidth, even if it is just protect servers from slashdot.
ibooks are cheap. But they are still overpriced. The featureset is limited, the speed laughable, and the build quality on the ibook, while decent, is not up to Apple standards. Don't get me wrong I like Apples, they look cool, the software is deliciously simple but they are too expensive.
Watchmen is great, but what about Sandman and V for Vendetta? Or even Transmetropolitan? They're great too and to state that one comic is 'the greatest', suggests that comics are such a limited and impoverished area of literature that only one stands out.
I'm pretty sure tha's an arthur.C.Clarke quote anyway.
I heard that rumour too. But let's face it provided you don't go carrying them around in the utility belt of your black catsuit right next to the grappling winch and pocket arc cutter you're not going to be arrested. And if it's just a hobby you won't be carrying them around anyway.