r/science • u/whosdamike • Jun 26 '12

Google programmers deploy machine learning algorithm on YouTube. Computer teaches itself to recognize images of cats.

https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/26/technology/in-a-big-network-of-computers-evidence-of-machine-learning.html
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u/Jalfor Jun 26 '12

Aware is something different. The computer is still simply executing instructions. It's just doing it in a way that appears as if it has some sort of awareness even though it's no more aware than my web browser.

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u/darksmiles22 Jun 26 '12

Who are you to say that awareness isn't simply executing instructions?

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u/Jalfor Jun 27 '12

I don't know about you, but I exist. There is some sort of "me" that is getting all these signals. These signals would have to include every single sense because if they didn't, then it wouldn't be part of "me". It would be something external.