> > I once heard a quite strond argument during some introductory AI
> > classes: computer hardware (neural nets not included) work in
> > algoritms. Conscious minds, such as ours, use procedures (or whatever
> > you want to call it) that are not algoritm based. Computers CAN only
> > use algoritms (at least nowadays) so based on this principle, a
> > computer will never gain consciousness, no matter how big or fast it
> > is.
I think these "procedures" you speak of are what psychologists called
heuristics.
cheers ... -Mark
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