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Manfred comments on Future of Moral Machines - New York Times [link] - Less Wrong Discussion

0 Post author: Dr_Manhattan 26 December 2011 02:44PM

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Comment author: Manfred 26 December 2011 05:24:45PM *  3 points [-]

Building an AI does not require it being a computer - it could be a bunch of rubber bands if that's what worked. The assumption is more like intelligence is not inherently mysterious, and humans are not at some special perfect point of intelligence.

Comment author: MileyCyrus 27 December 2011 05:24:50AM 7 points [-]

Building an AI does not require it being a computer - it could be a bunch of rubber bands if that's what worked

You can build a computer out of pretty much anything, including rubber bands.