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Joseph F. Rychlak
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Artificial Intelligence »
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial IntelligenceâA collaboratively editable version of Robert Horns brilliant and pioneering debate map Can Computers Think?âexploring 50 years of philosophical argument about the possibility of computer thought.âF1CEB7
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Joseph F. RychlakâArguments advanced by Joseph F. Rychlak.âD3B8AB
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Computers can't do otherwise »
Computers can't do otherwise
Computers can't do otherwiseâAn agents actions are free if and only if the agent can do otherwise than peform them. The agent is free only if it can change its goalsâbut only dialectical reasoning allows an agent to change its goals, and machines are not capable of this.âFFFACD
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Recursive interpretation gives wrong picture »
Recursive interpretation gives wrong picture
Recursive interpretation gives wrong pictureâRecursive loops dont allow the background of the figure-ground structure to have independent properties; but a key property of Gestalt images is that their backgrounds are symbols in the own right. Hence, Gestalts are not recursively interpretable.âFFFACD
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Learning is a process of interpretation »
Learning is a process of interpretation
Learning is a process of interpretationâA mind, reasoning dialectically and predicationally, learns by interpreting what it perceives in terms of the meaning of what it perceives; as computers dont work with meanings, interpretation and the relevant kind of learning is impossible.âFFFACD
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Symbol systems can't think dialectically »
Symbol systems can't think dialectically
Symbol systems can't think dialecticallyâComputers cant reason dialectically because they cant synthesize opposing meanings into new meaning. All they can do is just shuffle symbols that are given meaning by a programmer.âFFFACD
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Symbol systems can't exhibit agency »
Symbol systems can't exhibit agency
Symbol systems can't exhibit agencyâSymbol processors can never have agency. Agency requries teleology, dialectical reasoning, and free will. Computers lack these traits, because they dont understand meanings, the relations between them, and their relation to the world. âFFFACD
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Negative feedback can't explain teleology »
Negative feedback can't explain teleology
Negative feedback can't explain teleologyâGoal-directedness and feedback activity cant explain agency. An explanation of agency must address the formation of goals and beliefs, and the ability to change those goals and beliefs. Current machines only seek the goals theyre programmed to.âFFFACD
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Agency is due predication and choice »
Agency is due predication and choice
Agency is due predication and choiceâEven with delaying mechanisms, automatic decision-making processes still cant choose their own goals or reflect on the meaning of alternatives. The standards they use to choose between alternatives arent the result of their own status as agents.âFFFACD
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Can't process symbols predicationally or oppositionally »
Can't process symbols predicationally or oppositionally
Can't process symbols predicationally or oppositionallyâChinese Room lacks understanding as it cant operate on the meanings of symbolsâin particular it cant narrow down the meaning of an already meaningful symbol (predication), nor can it reason from whats the case to whats not the case (opposition).âFFFACD
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The Anthropomorphizing Objection »
The Anthropomorphizing Objection
The Anthropomorphizing ObjectionâOur tendency to anthropomorphize machines should caution us against calling them intelligent. Conversing and passing the Turing test isnt enough to establish intelligent thought. Introspection is also necessary and the test doesnt reveal it.âFFFACD
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