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Old 10-26-2010, 04:41 PM   #258
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Default Re: Metaphysics, intelligence, God

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Originally Posted by MrRubix View Post
They aren't easy questions. But we can only know if we have evidence for it. It may be possible that some things are unknowable or ungraspable. We can certainly ask questions and investigate to the best of our ability.

"Actually the science of true AI is relatively complex. Theoretically with unlimited connection to outside sources, it could manipulate itself in to a virus"

These are pretty big claims that aren't saying much. What does it mean to have "unlimited connection to outside sources"? "Manipulate itself into a virus"? The complexity and resources required for these kind of events to occur is stupendous.
It would be more productive to talk about the subject at hand. We could start a AI thread if you'd like to continue that conversation there.
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