Granny Objections to Computers' Having Minds

22/2/01


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Granny Objections to Computers' Having Minds

(1) Computers only do what they're programmed to do (Lady Lovelace).

(2) Computers can't do anything new (Lady Lovelace Variant).

(3) Computers can't be creative.

(4) Computers can't make mistakes.

(5) Computers are mechanical, we are flexible.

(6) People have real-time histories; computers only have a pseudo-past.

(7) Computers can't choose; they can only do what they are programmed to do.

(8) Computers don't/can't have feelings.

(9) We're not mere machines.

(10) I don't want to know how a computer does it, I want to know how I do it.

(11) Computers are isolated from the world; we are not.

Author: Harnad Stevan

Email: someone@microsoft.com

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