In Which Jung prewrites AtD's epigraph

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But do you imagine that thought is something
more than a physical process, or just some
physically embodied process that is way too
complex and self-referential to program from
the top down?


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From: Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net>
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Sent: Thu, Mar 15, 2012 2:25 pm
Subject: Re: In Which Jung prewrites AtD's epigraph


I personally think every prediction of AI so far is absurdly premature. 
The
premise still seems fundamentally bizarre to me. I just can't imagine 
self
generated thought apart from the kind of innate will that comes with 
being in a
bodily form with natural desires attributes and limits. The idea that 
you can
program curiosity, or desire to formulate and solve a problem into an 
electronic
device designed only to process  binary code just seems real iffy.