On 12/29/07, Bulat Ziganshin
Hello Tim,
Saturday, December 29, 2007, 9:42:48 PM, you wrote:
The only thing that computers can do that humans can't is to work without getting bored.
ok, please compute 2^2^30 before continuing discussion. it seems that you just use "i'm too bored" and "i can't" as synonyms. if computer will answer "i'm too bored" to any question he can't answer - will it be enough to give him human rights?
Well, that's why I recommended the Dennett essay. The difference between "I'm too bored" and "I can't" is actually an interesting philosophical question, and people have written about it in detail before. Cheers, Tim -- Tim Chevalier * http://cs.pdx.edu/~tjc * Often in error, never in doubt "Instant gratification takes too long."--Carrie Fisher