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When you apply relativistic velocity addition equations, remember to be very specific about whose inertial reference frame each speed is measured in. Many problems would have something like a train traveling at 3/4 c and a ball thrown in the train at 3/4 c measured in the train's time and...

Start from scratch. It's about how people in an inertial reference frame synchronize their clocks at different locations: 1) Something about the clocks is surprising Suppose a person is traveling from left to right at high speed. You shine a flash to the right. Experiments show that both of you...

Of course! I think that does it.

That's what I initially thought and, IMO, your simulation proves that is the final answer. I guess is that, if there are more of one color towards the end, they are more likely to be picked before the last of the other colors are picked. I don't really see how to make that logic solid.

That was my first thought, and it still might be valid. But an abundance of one color certainly changes the odds of the last card whereas that is not true for the first card. I don't see a clear way to handle that.

I don't know what computer program provides the step-by-step scores of black versus white chess positions in the YouTube videos of games. It seems to evaluate positions strategically. Its evaluation is far beyond my ability to comprehend. Also, players' moves, even at the highest levels, are...

A lot of people who get their information from the internet are less informed than chatgpt. I don't think they are really smart, but they do have some intelligence.

This discussion has started to include too much. "Is AI more than the sum of its parts" is a vague question, but we can make some intelligent observations. 1) There are specialized AI programs that can gather and analyze data far beyond what has been programmed into it. They can even play games...

Some AI programs can look at data and examples to draw conclusions and tendencies, then store them for later use. Some can do that beyond the capability of any human on Earth. I would count that as a form of "intelligence".

When you say that AI has no intelligence, you have to address my examples, not bring up your own. I would not categorize a light switch as "having intelligence", but that is not the issue.

A mediocre programmer can write AI programs that can solve problems which the programmer can't. Some AI programs can look at data and examples and retain a library of conclusions and lessons learned that are far beyond the programmer's capability. I call that "intelligence".

It's similar with AI programs. You can load in a lot of smarts. Once that is done, you can ask it questions (A terminal is a "sensor". I could argue that reading memory cards is also "sensing" what is on them.) Ok. You are the one denying that it has any intelligence. One of the complaints...

Ok. That sounds reasonable. 1) Why demand "all existing problems"? Would you demand that of a human? Can't it be intelligent about specific subjects? 2) What would you say about an AI program that: a) Contains more facts on a subject than any human has. (like expert systems that combine...

I didn't say "at birth" Comparing that to some of today's AI systems is like comparing a first-grade student to Einstein. I don't think you appreciate what some of the AI systems can do. You keep mentioning speed. I'm not sure I agree.

By that criteria, a blind paraplegic would have zero intelligence. If a computer system contains more in its memory than any human can have, and can manipulate the information in combinations better than any human can, wouldn't that imply intelligence by some reasonable standards? I think there...