Phil 1101 1st Edition Lecture 18Outline of Last Lecture I. Artificial IntelligenceII. Searle’s ArgumentIII. The Chinese RoomIV. Objections Outline of Current Lecture I. The Robot ReplyII. Brain SimulationIII. Can computers be creative?Current LectureI. The Robot Replya. Human beings need interactionb. A thinking computer would need to interact with its environmentII. Brain Simulationa. Churchland: passing the Turning Test is not sufficient. You need to have the right things going on inside the machinei. We need to model more directly how brains process informationb. Searle asks: “could a machine think”, “of course it could”, we are machinesi. If you could simulate the biology (even from mechanical means), you could simulate thinkingIII. Can computers be creative?a. Objection to AI: Robots are not capable of creativity (at least on their own)b. Boden: But what is creativity?i. The ability to generate novel and valuable ideasThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.ii. These need not be historically novel (new to everyone) but only physiologically novel (new to thinker)c. Paths to Creativityi. Combination: combining ideas or things in a new wayii. Exploratory: exploring the shape and limits of a creative space or styleiii. Transformative: changing a creative style or space (say by breaking a central rule of that
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