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*machine language deals with past (and future) events in the present tense: Instead of saying: | *machine language deals with past (and future) events in the present tense: Instead of saying: | ||
{{box| | {{box|“The computer's configuration on May 1, 2012 '''''was''''' XYZ”}} | ||
machine language will typically say: | machine language will typically say: | ||
{{box| | {{box|“Where DATE = May 1 2012, let computer CONFIGURATION = XYZ.”}} | ||
This means a computer does not need to conceptualise ''itself yesterday'' as something different to ''itself today'', which means it doesn’t need to conceptualise “itself” ''at all''. Therefore, computers aren’t self-aware. Unless computer syntax undergoes some dramatic revolution (and it could happen: we have to assume human language went through that revolution at some stage) - computers will not ever be self-aware. | This means a computer does not need to conceptualise ''itself yesterday'' as something different to ''itself today'', which means it doesn’t need to conceptualise “itself” ''at all''. Therefore, computers aren’t self-aware. Unless computer syntax undergoes some dramatic revolution (and it could happen: we have to assume human language went through that revolution at some stage) - computers will not ever be self-aware. |