Re: Real Conlangs Here, Made-to-Order!
| From: | David Starner <dvdeug@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, April 26, 2003, 19:30 |
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On Sat, Apr 26, 2003 at 11:59:02AM -0700, Stone Gordonssen wrote:
> >And if it pleases the computer, then what the computer makes is music.
> >So computers can, in fact, create music. Q.E.D.
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> No, the computer creates music if/when it is triggered to do so. That
> trigger is pre-programmed by humans, as are the processes for creating
> music.
And the triggers for humans are pre-programmed by DNA and set off by
external forces. More importantly, the computer completes the
composition when it 'feels' that what it has done is satisfactory or
fulfils its requirements.
> There are no sentient computers - they have no desires, wills,
> consciousness, personal goals, etc.
So a dog has no desires? It does not take sentience to feel pleased.
> And to read that people believe they do
> saddens/worries me wit hthe regards of the inability of people today to
> differntiate fantasy from reality.
The inability to differentiate between fantasy and reality? The fact
that I don't believe that humans are magic does not mean that I can't
tell the difference between fantasy and reality.
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David Starner - dvdeug@email.ro
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