Comments on: I don't know what the hell I said. I gave her an ultimatum and there's nothing I can do. It's a machine. The little light is blinking right now: 'Come and listen to the idiot. Hey everybody, the idiot's on!' http://trilema.com/2014/i-dont-know-what-the-hell-i-said-i-gave-her-an-ultimatum-and-theres-nothing-i-can-do-its-a-machine-the-little-light-is-blinking-right-now-come-and-listen-to-the-idiot-hey-everybody-the-i/ Moving targets for a fast crowd. Thu, 07 May 2026 08:09:21 +0000 http://polimedia.us hourly 1 By: Mircea Popescu http://trilema.com/2014/i-dont-know-what-the-hell-i-said-i-gave-her-an-ultimatum-and-theres-nothing-i-can-do-its-a-machine-the-little-light-is-blinking-right-now-come-and-listen-to-the-idiot-hey-everybody-the-i/#comment-109949 Mircea Popescu Sun, 16 Nov 2014 21:29:28 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=57879#comment-109949 The problem is that the entity in question is not complex enough to actually consume anything. But otherwise the approach is sound, consumption flux regulation is quite likely what the brain originally emerged to do. Then it got railroaded into doing movement control (hey, natural extension from regulating consumption, right ?) and then it just kept getting tacked on and tacked on. The problem is that the entity in question is not complex enough to actually consume anything.

But otherwise the approach is sound, consumption flux regulation is quite likely what the brain originally emerged to do. Then it got railroaded into doing movement control (hey, natural extension from regulating consumption, right ?) and then it just kept getting tacked on and tacked on.

]]> By: jurov http://trilema.com/2014/i-dont-know-what-the-hell-i-said-i-gave-her-an-ultimatum-and-theres-nothing-i-can-do-its-a-machine-the-little-light-is-blinking-right-now-come-and-listen-to-the-idiot-hey-everybody-the-i/#comment-109948 jurov Sun, 16 Nov 2014 21:22:30 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=57879#comment-109948 For beings living off energy gradients like us, maybe delayed consumption can be seen as sign of intelligence, that entity "understands" something about environment. This can't be applied to Langton's ant nor Eliza. Their "highway" or "suggestive words" don't help them to prolong their life whatsoever. Unless you're into memetics, but I'd rather avoid that rabbit hole. For beings living off energy gradients like us, maybe delayed consumption can be seen as sign of intelligence, that entity "understands" something about environment. This can't be applied to Langton's ant nor Eliza. Their "highway" or "suggestive words" don't help them to prolong their life whatsoever. Unless you're into memetics, but I'd rather avoid that rabbit hole.

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