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Re:The singularity is close? by eru on Friday April 01, 2022 @04:48AM (#30876340)
Many animals are not generally intelligent.

Also many human subsystems are easy to trick. Look at eg optical illusions.

And, to follow your philosophical argument: given that the only thing that connects our cells to the cells of our ancestors is information, why couldn't those billions of years be also in our computers?

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Re:The singularity is close? by slibhb on Friday April 01, 2022 @09:55AM (#30878100)
> And, to follow your philosophical argument: given that the only thing that connects our cells to the cells of our ancestors is information, why couldn't those billions of years be also in our computers?

Information is passed through the generations by DNA. Silicon doesn't have DNA.

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Re:The singularity is close? by eru on Saturday April 02, 2022 @06:31AM (#30887164)
DNA is one way to pass information. It's far from the only way.
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