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From: fransvo@htsa (Frans van Otten)
Newsgroups: comp.ai,talk.philosophy.misc
Subject: Re: Artificial Intelligence and Intelligence
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Date: 12 Dec 88 10:17:25 GMT
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In article <1736@sjuvax.UUCP> tmoody@sjuvax.UUCP (T. Moody) writes:
>                                      If you don't understand "machine"
>in a way that lets you distinguish between, say, trees and clocks, then
>you are taking this word on a long holiday.

When you are 'normally' talking about machines, you are right. But in this
discussion, you are wrong. A 'biological system' (a human being, an animal,
plants, trees, etc.) can be considered as black boxes. Put something into
it (food), what happens ? (it grows). Now give information instead of food,
what happens ? That's the way we are discussing human beings as machines.

-- 
                         Frans van Otten
                         Algemene Hogeschool Amsterdam
			 Technische en Maritieme Faculteit
                         fransvo@htsa.uucp