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From: bwk@mitre-bedford.ARPA (Barry W. Kort)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: The limitations of logic
Summary: Meditate on this one for a while.
Keywords: Simulated Brain, Simulated Thought, Contemplation
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Date: 13 Dec 88 14:15:44 GMT
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In a previous article, I speculated on the thoughts of a
topologically and neuromimetically accurate model of a brain.
I wrote:

 > I imagine the simulated brain would take stock of the situation
 > and inquire of its creator, "To what purpose or goal shall I devote
 > my ability to think?"

In article <YXci3Ey00Xo48FpkVH@andrew.cmu.edu> ap1i+@andrew.cmu.edu
(Andrew C. Plotkin) comments:

 > I doubt it would placidly look to its creators for direction.
 > (Unless its education had been designed to indoctrinate it
 > with the fact that it was a servant.)

OK.  Let's say the simulated brain considers itself to be a
self-directed free thinker.  The question remains.  How does
it select the subject of its contemplation?

--Barry Kort