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From: ap1i+@andrew.cmu.edu (Andrew C. Plotkin)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: Bipolar (Effective) 'dis Order
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Date: 19 Nov 88 06:06:21 GMT
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/ Doesn't it seem plausible that the brain is the "machine" of human
/ consciousness?  We can work forever on improved inorganic brains.
/ But how will we ever engage their minds?

If the brain is only a machine, then the mind engages automatically when
complexity reaches a certain level. If not, we just have to write software as
good as ours.

--Z