building AI: never with consciousness (Humans)

by Balance_Maintained , U.S.A., Tuesday, May 26, 2015, 13:23 (3471 days ago) @ David Turell

Gelernter on AI. Computers are just machines. The mind is not:
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> http://inference-review.com/article/the-mind-in-its-place
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> "The mind is its own place, John Milton observed. But where is this place, and what is its structure? Where is the map? I argue that our unwillingness to confront these simple questions has got us into deep trouble. Too many thinkers have let themselves be guided by an analogy instead of a map. The analogy in this case is an important part of modern intellectual history; it is over half a century old, and remains deeply influential and deeply misleading. My emphasis is on the analogy itself and its remarkable influence on science, philosophy, and popular culture.
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> The brain is not a computer. The mind is not its software."-This is very true. Even though there are some mechanical similarities, for every one thing that is similar there are a hundred more that are completely different.

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What is the purpose of living? How about, 'to reduce needless suffering. It seems to me to be a worthy purpose.