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Alkis Piskas

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March 07, 2023 at 19:55
So, you can't decide either, eh? :smile:
March 07, 2023 at 19:53
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I enjoyed the exchange, too univereness. :smile: ... Till the next topic!
March 07, 2023 at 19:34
Ah, that's fine. I was myself at 87K until 3-4 months ago. Now I'm either 82 or 83. I cannot actually decide. :grin: Anyway, don't lean too much forwa...
March 07, 2023 at 19:28
Exactly. I have ben inspired from "Magritte's pipe" a lot of years ago ... :smile: These are nice realizations one has in life. I don't think that the...
March 07, 2023 at 19:21
How much do you weigh? :grin:
March 07, 2023 at 18:21
Actually, "Lassie" is not a dog. It's a name of a dog. :smile: Neither what you see below is Lassie or a dog: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81Vj...
March 07, 2023 at 18:16
Right. :up: I'm using too this "burden of proof" principle in various cases where someone does not believe that something exists or occurs or can occu...
March 07, 2023 at 17:55
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Yes, you also used the word "perception". And I believe that by that you mean "understanding", right? Because the term "perceprion" has to do mainly w...
March 07, 2023 at 17:21
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Your question was: The two elements that I emphasized, can be used for any two (or more) things. In the present case, you are asking me to present an ...
March 07, 2023 at 07:05
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I have read stuff from Roger Penrose and watced a couple of videos in the past, the content of wihch I can't remember any more. What I remember is tha...
March 06, 2023 at 16:59
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I have read a lot of Buddhist material and watched/listened to a lot of talks, from a lot of different sources, in the past, but I don't remember anyt...
March 06, 2023 at 06:02
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Physical, yes. I'm not sure though what do you mean by "emotional feelings". Emotion is itself a state of feeling. But a "feeling" can mean different ...
March 05, 2023 at 17:48
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Who asked you? :grin: Anyway, if you want to react to what I said, say something useful; a point, an argument, anything. Sometimg that refutes my poin...
March 05, 2023 at 06:48
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I had not heard of her before either nor have I read the whole article myself. It was just an example I brought up --it does not represent me or my vi...
March 04, 2023 at 18:59
Right, there are many ways to avoid direct confrontation! :smile: It's you who is underrating it! :grin: "Sophism": "a clever but false argument, espe...
March 04, 2023 at 06:54
Well, although intelligence is indeed a quite complex faculty to explain exacty how it works --as most human faculites-- it can be viewed from a pract...
March 04, 2023 at 06:36
This kind of reaction is similar to that of the children when you forbid something to them. Some ot them start revolting and want it more than before....
March 04, 2023 at 06:10
Applying an increased tax on alcohol might have an effect. It is the most a state can do. It cannot forbid the selling of alcohol. Remember what effec...
March 03, 2023 at 18:51
I agree. Good point. I also agree. Only that I believe the term "intelligence" is used here metaphorically, symbolically and/or descriptively rather t...
March 03, 2023 at 18:25
Interesting list. I would add "Zeno-type pseudo-paradoxes -- Dividing the indivisible (Dichotomy of space and time)" (One of my favorite fallacies to ...
March 03, 2023 at 18:17
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I had never maintained that consciousness is not 100% contained in the human brain. That would mean that is is in part physical and in part non-physic...
March 03, 2023 at 17:47
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That's true. Ah, so that's why you refer to "dualism" and "dualistic" ... Well, I never use this term --or any other "ism" for that matter-- to descri...
March 03, 2023 at 13:02
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What do you mean by "my dualism"? When did you hear me talking about such a thing? :smile: Also, what do you mean by "dualism" regarfding the current ...
March 02, 2023 at 19:09
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I consider this a healthy thinking! :smile:
March 02, 2023 at 06:22
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I have. I'll do my best. But I can't promise anything! :grin: AI has already changed the human experience. But this has been done gradually. As the de...
March 02, 2023 at 06:17
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I'm afraid they would have slept away whithin a couple of minutes! (Even if I am a good speaker and teacher.)
March 01, 2023 at 18:50
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Certainly. I can't say. 1) I can't compare mechanical with organic computing because they are totally different and 2) I just came to know about the s...
March 01, 2023 at 18:46
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If yours (knowledge about electricity) falters, mine can barely walk! :grin: Bad old times ... Struggling with 16 bps ... (The Sound of dial-up Intern...
March 01, 2023 at 17:27
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AGI and ASI are still AI, only much more develloped. In fact AGI is also called "strong AI", and it comes from AI research. ASI is also based on AI an...
March 01, 2023 at 16:52
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Indeed. I agree. Let's see what awaits us ... I had no idea about all this. Watching today's news paid off ... in an unexpected way! I see that you ca...
March 01, 2023 at 16:23
Glad you liked it! I think it's something rare. I consider it a great Seminar on Logic. And it's thanks to you that I had this opportunity to listen t...
March 01, 2023 at 16:00
Great. Please, find the time to watch --actually, listen-- Russel's video. Even I found the time for that! :smile: I think you will love it. There's s...
March 01, 2023 at 13:12
Thanks for bringing in these reading suggestions. Re Boethius's "The consolation of philosophy": I had a look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_...
March 01, 2023 at 11:34
Maybe. If someone has nothing better to read! :grin:
March 01, 2023 at 09:34
Ola! I noted down the first two, to have a look at them. (I dislike a lot existentialism (re Kierkegaard) and esp. Sartre).
March 01, 2023 at 08:48
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Ha! :grin: Well, I don't know about "theistic" but certainly spiritual. Maybe dualistic too. :smile: Anyway, it's good --for me at least-- to "hear" t...
March 01, 2023 at 08:40
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Just en passant, the body cannot process feelings (emotions). It can only feel their effects and suffer its consequences. The mind is the "place" wher...
March 01, 2023 at 08:10
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Great. But I expected that, of course. You are welcome!
March 01, 2023 at 07:59
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From what I can remember --35 years ago!-- I asked a H/W guy to make this cable for me by joining two serial cables. It rings a bell. But even if you ...
March 01, 2023 at 07:56
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Remember I told you that if an AI technology would be created that would involve consciousness, that would be not the AI we know but something totally...
March 01, 2023 at 07:20
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I read the article about Hassabis. The stuff with proteins looks quite interesting and promising. And look what happens sometimes when one gets involv...
March 01, 2023 at 07:00
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:grain: OK, if you want to raise the bar. I noted down the link. On;y that I will check it tomorrow because after this, I'll close the store (PC) ... ...
February 28, 2023 at 19:01
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Oh, then you know much better than me, sir! (Anyway, Data Networks & Communications was never my strong point, far from that. Too much H/W involved an...
February 28, 2023 at 18:48
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Then, you have lost already! :grin: No, I can be quite objective and I love challenges. I can easily recognize an argument that is better than mine an...
February 28, 2023 at 18:15
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MS DOS (PC machines), of course! I could only transfer a part of my system programming expertise to Windows. Too much to do and my programming career ...
February 28, 2023 at 17:35
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I'm rather a "realist" (whatever this word rings to peoples' ears) I know this. I do it when I mention someone other than the person I am replying/com...
February 28, 2023 at 17:04
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Well devised plan! :smile: However, by "judge" I meant who will judge who won the bet? The is, that AI has indeed become self-aware? Because there are...
February 28, 2023 at 16:55
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Thank you for youe kind words, @universeness. :pray: Although, we are not here for that, are we? :grin: I believe this fits me and you got it right! :...
February 28, 2023 at 14:00
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Yes, I remember well Hassabis, introduded to me by you, and that in my thanking-for-that-introduction answer to you (https://thephilosophyforum.com/di...
February 28, 2023 at 13:24