So Long Meatbags!

[coguelin]

There is a war.  I can hardly think back to a time when there was not a war in some capacity.  A debate waged between proponents of strong- and weak- Ai.  Between those who believe that artificial intelligence will one day attain consciousness and sentience, and those who believe that it can never become more than a particularly useful and clever

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[urasni]

AI, as it's classically termed, actually really means (in most cases) artificial human intelligence

[coguelin]

That's awesome! Have you still got it kicking aorund somewhere?

[urasni]

I think I have a draft version of it around somewhere ... Not quite sure how good it is though - my writing and communication skills have come on an awful lot since that period of my life. Also, I'm a lot more balanced in my view points these days than I was back then.

Still, remind me next time you're at ours (or we're coming to see you etc.) and I'll see if I can dig it out.

[coguelin]

I've often noticed that fascinating subject matter is regularly accompanied by a rather difficult style of writing. I'm not sure whether that relates most to interested academics or to my regular subject matter, though ;¬) I'd certainly love to struggle my way through that dissertation.

[fuseblues]

[coguelin]

A contextually appropriate hot chick always does.

[nathan_courtney]

Although being contextually appropriate isn't mandatory.