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From: Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid>
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Subject: Re: smart people doing stupid things
Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 22:50:32 -0700
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On 5/17/2024 9:49 PM, Edward Rawde wrote:
> "Edward Rawde" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
> news:v29bqi$14iv$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com...
>> "Don Y" <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:v29aso$2kjfs$1@dont-email.me...
>>> On 5/17/2024 7:11 PM, Edward Rawde wrote:
>>>> "Don Y" <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote in message
>>>> news:v28rap$2e811$3@dont-email.me...
>>>>> On 5/17/2024 1:43 PM, Edward Rawde wrote:
>>>>>> Not sure how he managed to say master debaters that many times while
>>>>>> seemingly keeping a straight face but it reminds me of this:
>>>>>> https://www.learningmethods.com/downloads/pdf/james.alcock--the.belief.engine.pdf
>>>>>>
>>>>>> One thing which bothers me about AI is that if it's like us but way
>>>>>> more
>>>>>> intelligent than us then...
>>>>>
>>>>> The 'I' in AI doesn't refer to the same sense of "intelligence" that
>>>>> you are imagining.
>>>>
>>>> Strange that you could know what I was imagining.
>>>
>>> People are invariably mislead by thinking that there is "intelligence"
>>> involved in the technology.  If there is intelligence, then there should
>>> be *reason*, right?  If there is reason, then I should be able to inquire
>>> as to what, specifically, those reasons were for any "decision"/choice
>>> that is made.
> 
> What is a decision?

Any option to take one fork vs. another.