Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mitel!sce!cognos!dgbt!thom
From: thom@dgbt.uucp (Thom Whalen)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: The difference between machine and human intelligence (was: AI and Intelligence)
Message-ID: <960@dgbt.uucp>
Date: 23 Nov 88 15:59:16 GMT
References: <401@uwslh.UUCP>
Organization: CRC, Ottawa CANADA
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From article <401@uwslh.UUCP>, by lishka@uwslh.UUCP (Fish-Guts):
> I propose that a machine without human-like senses cannot "understand"
> many ideas and imagery the way a human does, simply because it will
> not be able to perceive its surroundings in the same way as a human.
> Any comments?

Do you believe that Helen Keller "understood many ideas and imagery the
way a human does?  She certainly lacked much of the sensory input that
we normally associate with intelligence.


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