Is The Concern Artificial Intelligence — Or Autonomy?
At the end of the day, even the smartest computers are tools, our tools, and their intentions are our intentions — to the extent that we can speak of their intentions at all, says blogger Alva Noë.
There's a provocative interview with the philosopher Daniel Dennett in Living on Earth.
The topic is Dennett's latest book — From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds — and his idea that Charles Darwin and Alan Turing can be credited, in a way, with the same discovery: that you don't need comprehension to achieve competence.
Darwin showed
