A Swan Reflecting a Teapot

Photographed on the river Hiz in Hitchin, Hertfordshire UK

Five years ago today

this hoopoe was in a local field:

Catching a fly

 

Autumnal ducklings

Cuddly ducks

On the Pond

A duckling on the village duck-pond today:

Failing the Turing Test

If a computer develops self-awareness, could it be distinguished from an actual human?

Yes: if you ask it about itself, then it will know about itself (that is what "self-awareness" means), but if you ask a human about herself or himself (or themselves or itself), then she or he (or they or it) will not really have much of a clue (not really).