Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 15:01:31 04/20/02
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On April 20, 2002 at 17:31:11, Russell Reagan wrote: >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 Hmmm...I hope it isn't so, I do believe we "know" and it isn't a result of sheer speed and memory. True Turing Tests are tough, it wouldn't surprise me if I were tricked! But only for awhile. I don't believe we simulate in this fashion, and someday we'll fully "know" and incorporate this into a machine. If so, we will have created life, artificial, but life and sentient life at that. IMO. Regards, Terry Terry
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