Re: Re(2): TI-H: mind vs. computer

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Re: Re(2): TI-H: mind vs. computer

On Wed, Dec 16, 1998 at 11:47:15PM -0500, David Norelid wrote:
> 
> the human brain is one of the most robust and powerful thinking machines
> there is. of course, we can't match the speed of a computer when
> multiplying two 20-digit numbers, but thats what computers were designed
> for. we were designed for thinking and comprehension. when i see a
> computer cry when it hears mozart, or understad picasso's political
> messages, then i can say that computers have outdone us. the human body as
> a machine is the most powerful even created. it can sustain heavy blows
> and regenerate within a short amount of time. our sight and image
> targeting/recognition system is absolutely nonpareil (pardon my french).
> we can move in any direction, travel over extremely bumpy and treacherous
> terrain, we can scale vertical walls. we have the ability to plan ahead
> and think about the consequences of our actions. oh, dont even get me
> started on this one.
> 
dear god...when the computers can do that, I quite simply don't want
to be around. If a computer is capable of experiencing emotions, it is
self-aware, and if it is self-aware, it can experience things like
race-pride. there have been many science fiction books written on the
subject of computers that know they are better than their creators,
and attempt to destroy them. in the books, generally the humans win,
but i highly doubt this would happen in real life. right now a human
can out-do a computer most of the time, but when they have the ability
to think for themselves, and to plan for themselves, they'll be able
to plan for any possible contingincy in a matter of microseconds. This
is the only thing about the advancement of computers that really
bothers me.

-- Jon Olson


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