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Tuesday Afternoon

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1. " ... to a point where all it needs to do is, say, pick the larger of two numbers."

Reply to rug (Original post)

Fri Jun 14, 2013, 07:57 PM

Jun 2013

Such homuncular functionalism (as the approach is known in AI circles) replaces the infinite regress with a finite one that terminates at tasks so dull and simple that they can be done by machines.

Binary ... almost.

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" ... to a point where all it needs to do is, say, pick the larger of two numbers." Tuesday Afternoon Jun 2013 #1

Huh ismnotwasm Jun 2013 #2

Steampunk! hells yeah Tuesday Afternoon Jun 2013 #3

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