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By: LdaQuirm

LdaQuirm — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 12:22:32 +0000

Not really a massive deal. The concepts of Sapience, Sentience, Intelligence, and Conciousness are tricky and not even well defined.
In point: The “Turing Test” which is designed to test if a machine is intelligent, really only tests if a machine can mimic a human. “Pure” intelligence is just too hard a concept to test for.

By: LdaQuirm

LdaQuirm — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 12:10:40 +0000

*cringe* I really hate to double post and mean no ill to pSycHoticHicKen personally but the argument "Speech is not a part of sapience. A lot of automated phone systems use speech and can process spoken input." is invalid too. The point may be; it is easy to imagine a sapient being with no method of communicating. However; just because a nonsapient system (say a computer), can beform an action (say performing a logical operation), it implies nothing about said action being or not being a requirement of sapience.

By: LdaQuirm

LdaQuirm — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:52:01 +0000

"If something is intelligent it is also conscious." No. The one does not imply the other. consciousness-vs-intelligence

By: Flurrin

Flurrin — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:56:21 +0000

Do you think you’ll switch words in the final version…?

By: Flurrin

Flurrin — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:24:07 +0000

So did I, until I Googled it one day on a whim and noticed ‘Not to be confused with sapience’. xD I blame Star Wars…KotOR called people ‘sentients’ all the time.

By: Imu

Imu — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:34:53 +0000

It’s magic! Like the trail that Kiwi leaves as she flies around.

By: Hans

Hans — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:08:25 +0000

I blame Star Trek and other popular sci-fi for screwing up the definition of sentient/sapient. I made the same mistake a lot until someone corrected me, and I went to look it up for myself (’cause I never assume some random stranger getting all grammar nazi on me is right). Now I make an effort to always use “sapient” even if I know other people will get confused. I’m takin’ it back, people!

By: pSycHoticHicKen

pSycHoticHicKen — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:21:49 +0000

Alex said “there is no sign of sentient life”. Barnacles are sentient.

By: pSycHoticHicKen

pSycHoticHicKen — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:05:44 +0000

If something is intelligent it is also conscious.

Speech is not a part of sapience. A lot of automated phone systems use speech and can process spoken input.

By: Azzie

Azzie — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 04:42:54 +0000

These past few pages have been beautiful. <3 Great work, Scott!