• schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works
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    6 hours ago

    “Can machines think?" and at this point, the clear answer is yes they can.

    To paraphrase Jordan Peterson, “define think.”

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      5 hours ago

      To sum up Alan Turing something can be said to be thinking if it can fool humans in the imitation game.

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          5 hours ago

          I’m not so sure that he would. The whole thing is rather moot though because thinking isn’t a yes or no question.

          A fun quote I heard previously, was from someone involved in making bear proof garbage bins stating that there were challenges because there’s a significant overlap between the dumbest humans and the smartest bears.