Why computers* will not become self aware.

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  1. OldManOnFire

    OldManOnFire Well-Known Member

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    Back in second grade I learned that when you see words like 'how' or 'will', or when you see ????? at the end of sentences, all of this indicates a question...
     
  2. David Landbrecht

    David Landbrecht Well-Known Member

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    Uhh...not long.
     
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    We went on to learn that if the question could not reasonably expect an answer, that question was rhetorical, implying a suggested feeling by the questioner.
     
  4. OldManOnFire

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    A question ends in ?. There is no grammatical symbol for 'rhetorical'. No 'suggested feeling'...I clearly said 'we don't yet know'.

    Stop playing games, stop talking about me, and talk about AI...
     
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    OK.
     

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