[FRIAM] Can a robot have a soul?

[Frank Wimberly]

I heard Searle speak multiple times when he was a "young assistant
professor" and I was a senior at UC Berkeley.  But the topic was the Free
Speech Movement not the question of "can a machine think" which he has
written about for years.

On Sat, Sep 18, 2021 at 3:24 PM Gary Schiltz <gary at naturesvisualarts.com>
wrote:

> Great Searle videos. I knew his name, but had never listened to him.
>
> On Sat, Sep 18, 2021 at 3:57 PM Marcus Daniels <marcus at snoutfarm.com>
> wrote:
>
>> We are just stuff and stuff can be simulated.. on quantum computers if
>> necessary.
>>
>> > On Sep 18, 2021, at 1:45 PM, Jochen Fromm <jofr at cas-group.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > 
>> > I have watched John Searle videos on YouTube today and stumbled upon
>> the question of personality again. If we assume that there is a special
>> substance that makes us a person, can an advanced robot or AI acquire it?
>> Can a robot be lazy, diligent, dull, intelligent, friendly, nit-picky or
>> even creative? John Searle would probably say it is not a good question...
>> > https://youtu.be/Bq2bfSzkTfU
>> >
>> > I would say the answer is yes, because if the special substance is
>> simply the personality or persistent character of a person, there is no
>> reason why a robot should not be able to learn a bundle of typical behavior
>> patterns (i.e. special mappings between perceptions and actions) that are
>> characteristic for a person, even if this behavior is implemented totally
>> differently. The resulting personality helps to define and maintain the
>> identity of a person
>> > https://youtu.be/WwipmspceOU
>> >
>> > What do you think? Is there a special substance that makes us a person,
>> and can an advanced robot or AI acquire it?
>> >
>> > -J.
>> >
>> >
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