flint tools – Uncommon Descent

Human evolution Intelligent Design

Early hominins (480,000 years ago) were—wait for it!—more sophisticated than thought

Maybe Darwinians should canvass at LinkedIn for a new subhuman.

asauber "Would some of your ‘mindspace’ be considering theological issues if you did consider the issue?" JVL, Possibly, but I can't... – What is Life?
Silver Asiatic DD Please tell me the salient, empirically distinguishable difference between a computer learning to recognize an apartment building and a... – Michael Egnor: Is consciousness the sort...
Silver Asiatic Andrew There would be a problem with convincing a human person that a table is suddenly now a chair. That’s... – Michael Egnor: Is consciousness the sort...
asauber "We could program the computer to accept false statements and violate logic. But we can’t consistently do that with humans,... – Michael Egnor: Is consciousness the sort...
dogdoc SA, We could program the computer to accept false statements and violate logic. Again, I've been talking about learning systems... – Michael Egnor: Is consciousness the sort...
dogdoc SA, When we say the “computer has learned” – the verb ‘to learn’ is different for a computer than for... – Michael Egnor: Is consciousness the sort...
Silver Asiatic I think it's more than the computer calling chairs tables. We could program the computer to accept false statements and... – Michael Egnor: Is consciousness the sort...
Silver Asiatic LCD Yep, and a scarecrow “learn” to scare crows. It's a good comparison because we imagine that a computer is... – Michael Egnor: Is consciousness the sort...
dogdoc Andrew@50, You are correct that if you labelled the chairs as "tables" the computer would label a new chair as... – Michael Egnor: Is consciousness the sort...
Silver Asiatic When we say the "computer has learned" - the verb 'to learn' is different for a computer than for a... – Michael Egnor: Is consciousness the sort...
Silver Asiatic DD To me, the fact that we can have a description in our heads of what a chair is, even... – Michael Egnor: Is consciousness the sort...
asauber "Please tell me why you think it is erroneous to say that this computer system has learned to recognize chairs."... – Michael Egnor: Is consciousness the sort...
JVL Asauber: Not my field of study, so I’m completely unversed in the subject. While a potentially interesting question, I don’t... – What is Life?
asauber "Would you like to weigh in on the question of whether or not viruses are alive?" JVL, Not my field... – What is Life?
dogdoc LCD@48, You objected to SA writing that computers can learn to recognize chairs. The fact is, I can take open... – Michael Egnor: Is consciousness the sort...
JVL Asauber: Your question was: “what answer do you think ‘evolutionists’ don’t like?” You aren’t impressing any potential Evolutionist converts. Okay.... – What is Life?
asauber "Well, perhaps I am being stupid" JVL, you are. Your question was: “what answer do you think ‘evolutionists’ don’t like?”... – What is Life?
JVL Asauber: No. It means you don’t like the answer I referenced. You’re whole erroneous view flows forth from this dislike.... – What is Life?
Lieutenant Commander Data computers learn to recognize chairs Yep, and a scarecrow "learn" to scare crows. I guess hollywood sci-fi movies damaged many... – Michael Egnor: Is consciousness the sort...
JVL Jerry: They are not alive. Because of what? – What is Life?
chuckdarwin BA77/39 In fact, Dr. Craig Hazen, in the following video at the 12:26 minute mark, relates how he performed, (for... – Michael Egnor: Is consciousness the sort...