This helps me clarify my thinking on your posted question. It seems that what I like about this community is that it is started by and run by and for Makers.
I have little interest in building a machine or spending effort talking about a machine that acts like a human. I am more interested in building a machine that is a tool that enhances human abilities. For example, we used to keep track of our resources with pen and paper. We have built machines that make that easier. We used to walk to school, now we have cars and busses to drive us there. We used to dream about flying, now it is routine.
The classic AI approach (speaking of Minsky and others there) seems to be aimed at replicating a human.
Conversation about consciousness strike me as ill-informed and are not of any interest to me. But perhaps I am a simple country boy after all.
I have little interest in building a machine or spending effort talking about a machine that acts like a human. I am more interested in building a machine that is a tool that enhances human abilities. For example, we used to keep track of our resources with pen and paper. We have built machines that make that easier. We used to walk to school, now we have cars and busses to drive us there. We used to dream about flying, now it is routine.
The classic AI approach (speaking of Minsky and others there) seems to be aimed at replicating a human.
Conversation about consciousness strike me as ill-informed and are not of any interest to me. But perhaps I am a simple country boy after all.