But the drama sparked by the possibility of a machine that thinks is less important than the idea itself, whether it regards the seeming second life of the world online or even virtual life of the movie that, so often, overwhelms and bewilders the lives of its creators, for whom it is seemingly more alive than life itself.
This phenomenon has been given several names in the literature, although it is not entirely clear whether it regards the same process.
Whether Mr. Obama was sincere when he said Monday that the United States had no hostile intent against the North will depend on "whether it applies double standards regarding our satellite launch," the spokesman said.
But, she said, "I can say that the commission's donors do not have, and never have had, any input on any substantive decisions that we have made, whether it's regarding the number, schedule and format of the debates, who is invited to debate or any other substantive piece of our work".
Whether it's regarding God or Google, free will can't be forced or controlled to be real.
Whether it is regarding their uses [1] in different aspects of our daily lives or on how a important scientific breakthrough can spread around the world [2].
Joseph McMillan: What we attempted, again, sir, to do was to lay out what transpired during the course of this sequence of events and leave the interpretations, whether it -- regarding legality, OK -- to others.
Apparently, such radio silence has become quite the trend in administration-SU relations, whether it's regarding Mac Hall, or Enbridge, or fee hikes.
But life coach Jennifer Jakobsen recommends reaching out to guests for assistance instead of going it alone, whether it's regarding cleaning, cooking or mitigating family interaction.
Whether it's regarding Google's country-specific legal restrictions or exploring the ways groups like Anonymous use message-encrypted images to communicate, he's rich with a historic knowledge of internet and technology politics that's neither boring nor conspiratorial.
In the Third Meditation, Descartes says that he is certain that he is a thinking thing, and he explains the certainty of this "first item of knowledge" (it is unclear whether he regards it as distinct from the cogito) as resulting from the fact that it is a clear and distinct perception (PW 2, p. 24).
