Re: cudiments

From: Lester Zick (lesterDELzick_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: 12/06/04 

Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 15:53:03 GMT

On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 21:06:06 GMT, patty <pattyNO@SPAMicyberspace.net>
in comp.ai.philosophy wrote:

>Lester Zick wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 18:54:52 GMT, patty <pattyNO@SPAMicyberspace.net>
>> in comp.ai.philosophy wrote:
>>
>>
>>>David Longley wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>"AI", as conventionally understood, is as chimerical as "the mind", and
>>>>both are just variants or aspects of the same misunderstanding.
>>>>
>>>
>>>No, that is not true. "Intelligence" is as chimerical as "mind". "AI"
>>>names a specific, yet elusive, technological objective. Most
>>>researchers working towards that elusive objective have a clear
>>>understanding of what they are pursuing. It is *you* who are misusing
>>>the word "AI".
>>
>>
>> What you say is largely true, patty, but I think you'll ultimately
>> find that all paths to intelligence lead through a totally mysterious
>> something which for lack of any other cudiment we shall call M.
>>
>> Regards - Lester
>
>You keep abusing my word, you pervert. A cudiment is *not* an intension.

Well, patty, since neither of us knows what a cudiment or an intension
is for sure, I reckon I'll just have to keep using both terms until we
find out exactly what they are, at which point we can decide what they
mean or don't mean in relation to each other.

Regards - Lester

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