[MD] Consciousness a la Platt

[Platt Holden]

> Arlo,
> If I might suggest: you might get more satisfaction by posing your
> questions
> here: http://www.pandorabots.com/pandora/talk?botid=f5d922d97e345aa1
> 
> Frankly, given the quality of his answers, I am beginning to think Platt
> "is" an AI bot.

As they say, "It takes one to know one."

> This is doing more than anything that dmb could ever say
> to
> convince me that Dreyfus might be on to something. What follows is the
> cumulative wisdom of the Plattbots last five posts. Oops I left out this
> scintillating bit of repartee: 
> 
> [Plattbot]
> No, I mean, "Oops."
> 
> Krimel
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> [Plattbot]
> Why do you ask these questions?
> 
> [Plattbot]
> Why are you curious?
> 
> [Plattbot]
> Why start a new thread when its simply a rehash of the old one? Also,
> why
> don't you answer my question as to why you are curious?
> 
> [Plattbot]
> Why does the topic interest you?  Why would you want answers from
> someone
> you describe as a moron?
> 
> [Plattbot]
> A non answer. Why do you want "to see what I could offer instead" since
> you 
> already consider me a moron?
> 
> Why do you think "spontaneously arise" is any different than "oops."

Perhaps you can answer the questions. Arlo can't.