not really OT: The Coming Software Apocalypse

[Richmond Mathewson]

Knowledge is not the only thing one can hold opinions about: anything 
subjective such as ethics or
aesthetics . . .

Richmond.

On 10/4/17 8:45 pm, Phil Davis via use-livecode wrote:
> Except people will always want what they want. As I understand it, 
> that drives disagreements far more than the absence/presence of 
> knowledge. (James 4:1 <https://www.bible.com/bible/111/JAS.4.1.niv>)
>
> Sorry, I couldn't resist... I just HAD to respond to your 
> tongue-in-cheek comment...
> Guess that makes me the poster child of what I just said. :-)
>
> Phil Davis
>
>
> On 10/4/17 10:10 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote:
>> To which I will add as a side note, once we know everything, there 
>> will be no more opinions or opposing views. :-)
>>
>> Bob S
>>
>>
>>> On Oct 4, 2017, at 09:12 , Jim Lambert via use-livecode 
>>> <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Richmond wrote:
>>>>
>>>> once a system constructed by humans reaches a certain level of 
>>>> complexity
>>>> those humans are unable to predict how it will behave in certain 
>>>> circumstances.
>>> And sometimes we’re unable to explain WHY a system behaved as it 
>>> did, which is increasingly common with certain AI and cognitive 
>>> computing systems.
>>>
>>> Jim Lambert
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