I wouldn't say so You could just turn it back on again When a computer is turned off, all of its memory remains, so I don't see how an intelligent computer would be different It would just be like the computer was sleeping The "sleep mode", then, would be more similar to dozing I think murder would consist of one (or both) of the following actions: First: physically destroying the computer beyond repair, particularly the hard drive That seems fairly obvious And second: doing a factory reset on the computer Ok, I already addressed this above, so I'll just continue  my previous answer The question raises other important questions Such as the word "indistinguishable" Are we talking about the computer as a computer, or as a robot? I think it would be more common for sentient computers to get turned off, so it would be more dangerous for them If they were in robot form, I think it would be easier to see them as intelligent creations Another important part of this question deals with what would make a computer living I have hitherto assumed that the "brain" of the computer is the hard drive, or memory But I suppose it could be more obscure, such as processing power, or the processor itself Perhaps the computer wouldn't have memory at all It would just start anew each time it was turned on If that were the case, only destroying the computer would be akin to murder
Hi TJ how're you doing
Hello!
Woah, how long have you been typing for?/
I didn't think anyone would show up!
I literally just got on and you already have like 5 minutes of typing
It hasn't been too terribly long
No but like I just opened the chit chat challenge is what I'm saying. I haven't been waiting on anyone at all
All the better for you, I guess! That's interesting
I wonder if that's why I keep end up talking to myself.
Hmmm yeah
There has got to be some issue going on.  Anyways, how has your day been?
It's been good. A bit wet, but good
Literally i've talked to myself 3 times this morning and no one answered on the other end Yeah, the meteorologists in Utah are terrible They said there was a 15% chance of rain here in Provo today
Haha me too! Really, only 15?
So I didn't wear my rain jacket and I bike to campus everyday yeah
It's been super cloudy That's rough
Of course now they say there is a 100% chance of rain haha
Hopefully it clears up! Haha of course
Yeah, i hope so. Yesterday around like 5 it got sunny and super nice out I just want to have nice cold fall weather with sunny skies That's what i'm really looking forward to
That would be nice
Were you the one who said they just started this challenge like 2 days ago?
Not too much snow Uhhhhhhh
I think we are going to get slammed with snow this year
I don't think so
oh okay
To that other one Last winter was really mild
yeah I got you With Global Warming our seasons recently have started to polarize Like last year the east coast got the worst winter it's like ever seen And we got one of the warmest winters we've seen in a while. The way things are looking it will probably be super cold here and fairly hot out east this year.
Dang I better get a coat this year
There was a study conducted by the UN that predicts the average global temperature will raise by 6 degrees Fahrenheit in the next 5 years. Everything is getting polarized and out of wack What kinds of projects are you working on both for classes and fun right now?
I have observing projects in astronony (phscs 127) that I need to start working on We just finished our first round last week
Oh darn, you should've done that last week when we had clear skies haha what's your major?
Right? I still have time I'm majoring in Nutritional Science
Worst case scenario there are websites that show all the constelations and how they appear from certain coordinates Cool! Are you a freshman?
Sophomore But close!
pre or post mission? and I'm guessing you want to do some kind of additional schooling after BYU?
Post I've been at BYU since last August
most people i know doing that major typically want to be a dentist or doctor or like a PT
I'll have to get a masters, yeah
nice
But I could stay ar BYU for that
oh cool Is there anything specific you want to do with that?
I don't know what I'll do yet Not sure, maybe research and development
Cool!
What's your major?
I know lots of the oil and vitamin companies here in Utah have some huge research facilities where they test and modify their products I'm a Computer Science major
Oh, nice! Sounds like a tough one
It's fun though.  I really enjoy what I do
Are you on the programming side of things?
yeah They make everyone take almost purely programming classes for the major They have classes that teach architecture and higher level stuff too, but you learn everything through programming and making stuff
So that's the foundation That makes sense!
yeah It's fun I've got a Business Management minor as well with that but that's pretty useless at this point haha
Close to graduating, then?
I switched majors 2 years in to school so I already had the minor done pretty much I'm a junior in CS right now So I've been at school for about 4 years total, but still have roughly a year and a half left
That seems pretty common at BYU Switching majors partway through
yeah I didn't know what I wanted to do till like a year after my mission
What was your first major?
Information systems I ended up not really liking it as much Preferred the CS classes instead so I switched I'm going to have to go here in a sec for my class Nice talking to you though See you later!