Le 28/04/2025 à 08:28, Maciej Woźniak a écrit :
On 4/28/2025 2:09 AM, rhertz wrote:
"I think, therefore I am" ("Cogito, ergo sum" in Latin) is a
foundational
philosophical statement by René Descartes, asserting that the act of thinking
itself proves the existence of the thinker. Descartes used it as the
basis
for his philosophy, arguing that even if everything else could be
doubted,
the fact that one is doubting proves their existence.
Existence i.e. - what?
Something exists when we apply the word
"exist" to it. That's all.
Ask any AI engine this question: Do you think? And all of them will respond that they don't.
Maybe they're mistaken?
That everything they write is based on
algorithms over existing knowledge
Most humans manage no better.
It applies equally to Paul Andersen. He shows off about that he thinks
and had deep consciousness, but he is lying. He's a relativistic PARROT, and I can't find ANY difference between him and a relativistically
biased AI engine.
AI doesn't insult, AFAIK.
I wonder if Paul EXISTS
No you don't.
Descartes's opening sentences are magnificent and very well written.
Then he goes completely off the rails with his "evil genius who deceives
us." He manages to twist idealist ideology (he would be violently
criticized by Blaise Pascal and Georges Berkeley) with a grotesque sleight
of hand that contrasts with the quality of the beginning of his
exposition. From then on, everything descends into horror. His text no
longer has any philosophical or theological interest. He defends the idea
of a God, but a phony God, who gives the world a materialistic slap
and thus lets it spin without him.
R.H.
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