[MURG] The main problem...

[Keith Wiley]

What is "programming intention"?

On Sat, 7 Feb 2004, Scalino Corleone wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
>   I've always thought that the main problem to achieve a true human-grade
> AI was not the processing power (it is of course abosolutely required)
> but rather: how to program intention ?
>
> I don't think processing power is sufficient for that, and neither the
> need for survival. (Besides, the first step would be to program the need
> for survival...)
>
> That's why I think that mind uploading will be achieved much more sooner
> than such an AI.
>
> Scalino

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