On Jul 16, 2015, at 1:07 PM, Nadin, Mihai <nadin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: (01)
> Dear Rich Cooper:
> You say:
> It isn't necessarily true that a machine is a closed system. The ultimate
>conversing machine, for example, can acquire and store new experiences with
>new syntax, concepts, vocabularies, or just verbs, nouns, adjectives and the
>like.
> Please give my text on predictive computation (for which I provided a link--
>http://www.nadin.ws/archives/2466) a bit of your attention. Turing provided
>early on details on what machines are. (02)
I presume you are referring to Turing machines. But actual computers attached
to the internet are not Turing machines. For example, they are able to respond
in real time to a telephone connect tone, which is beyond the capacity of a
Turing machine. (03)
> The “ultimate conversing” machine you describe is a goal towards which many
>work. However, the capabilities you associate with it do not make it an open
>system (in the sense in which system theory defines open systems). (04)
Can you please provide a reference for this sense of 'open system'? (05)
Pat Hayes (06)
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