Re: memetics and knowledge

From: Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Date: Mon Sep 18 2000 - 14:10:19 BST

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    On 09/18/00 07:29, Robin Faichney said this-

    >That's funny. The notion that machines can sense seems very strange to
    >me, but I'm quite happy for them to learn, assuming they've been designed
    >to do so. But this is entirely semantics, isn't it?

    Whether they learn or not, who knows yet, but sense- certainly. Cold,
    heat, on and off states, mechanical positioning, light, radiation,
    pressure.... Most machines are lousy with sensory devices. Semantics
    ain't got nothing to do with it.

    - Wade

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