Re: >H Eliza

[goetz@zoesis.com (Phil Goetz)]

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> >I argued, partly but not complete tongue-in-cheek, in a post called
> >"Believable stupidity", that people are more like Eliza than they are like
> >logical information processors.
> 
> 
> Could you possibly post this again?  Or send it to me personally.  I've been
> coming to the conclusion that lots of peoples behaviour is non-conscious, or
> at least low-llevel conscious and requires no actualt 'thought' - it's just
> relexive.  But I'd be interested in seeing otehr views.
> 
> Samael

There are better articles for that point of view.
Anything connectionist.  Minsky's Society of Mind.
Books on animal behavior.  Just don't go to extremes like Rodney Brooks.
There are mental representations.

Phil
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