Author: Russell Reagan
Date: 14:31:11 04/20/02
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On April 20, 2002 at 17:09:25, Terry McCracken wrote: >Read about the human brain and mind and do a comparative study vs the computer >and software. > >You'll see soon how complex we humans are and how simple these glorified >switches are. > >Your hardware/programme can't actually understand anything. It's data bieng >processed in binary. It does what it is told to do, within the parameters of >your programme. > >It has no idea it's playing a game of chess, but it is! But it isn't either as >it is without mind! Art Imitating Life. > >Cogito, Ergo Sum! More ideas from Russell... Perhaps our "complex" human brain is just the fastest computer in the world, and since it's so fast it "simulates" understanding. Computers have been made to have conversations with people, and unless you were tipped off beforehand, I bet you couldn't tell the difference between the best conversational computer and a conversation with a human. If this isn't the case today, you can bet that someday it will be. Thus leading to the conclusion that it's possible to simulate understanding of something, and therefore we can't rule out the possibility that our brains might just be super fast computers that simulate understanding :) Russell
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