Re: Anthropomorphism is bad because...

[Chris Despopoulos <despopoulos_chriss -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

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The definition of "expect" is to anticipate or to
consider probable or reasonable, which require
cognition. A non-anthropomorphic substitute might
be "require," which is a state that can be programmed
into the system.
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A system can indeed anticipate something in response to entering a given state, set up the data structures to manage it, and continue functioning in its absence.  I certainly hope that's not cognition.  Then again, I always figured that AI research stumbles on an overestimation of intelligence.  Now, "want" in the modern usage is something I wouldn't grant a machine.  Desire is at a lower level, associated with pleasure/pain...  something the AI guys seem to have generally mis-underestimated.  


      
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