Timeline for "Intended" vs. "intentional"
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| Aug 30, 2022 at 13:37 | comment | added | jimm101 | @user21497 is correct. The issue is that intention has to do with selecting an action; intended has to do with performing that action. | |
| Nov 13, 2012 at 16:44 | vote | accept | Zahra E | ||
| Oct 24, 2012 at 13:18 | comment | added | user21497 | @Robusto: I don't think so. That's too philosophical. I'm thinking of law, where the instrument of murder isn't punished but the person who intentionally wielded that instrument is punished for the intention to murder, even if the murder attempt is unsuccessful. A gun can perform the intended action, but only the trigger puller can be punished for intent to commit murder, or the possessor of more than 4 grams of pot can be punished for intent to sell. Not philosophy but statute law. | |
| Oct 24, 2012 at 12:47 | comment | added | Robusto | @BillFranke: Yes. The robots are merely proxies for whatever human is controlling them. But we're getting into hair-splitting and discussions of what is and is not free will, etc., even in human beings. | |
| Oct 24, 2012 at 12:19 | comment | added | user21497 | There seems to be another aspect to the distinction WRT computing & robotics: Computers & other robots can perform intended actions but not intentional actions because computers & other robots are mechanical entities under the command of humans or system programs (that might have been created by humans directly or by meta-level computer programs that write other programs). Computers & robots aren't volitional beings, so they cannot do anything intentionally. Does this sound reasonable to you? | |
| Oct 24, 2012 at 12:18 | comment | added | SF. | Intentional was successful. Intended was unsuccessful. ;) | |
| Oct 24, 2012 at 12:11 | history | answered | Robusto | CC BY-SA 3.0 |