So then all the experiences of consciousness you have mentioned having had
through the years from your meditation practice is must some mechanism in the
body kicking in or what?
From: salyavin808 <no_re...@yahoogroups.com>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 12:35 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Rise of the machines?
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mjackson74@...> wrote :
So Sal what do you think happens to the individual human awareness when the
body wears out?
It wears out too as it's part of the body. No more body, no more awareness.
I'm happy to receive evidence to the contrary though and won't be disappointed
if I get into heaven, not that there's much chance of that....
From: salyavin808 <no_re...@yahoogroups.com>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 11:44 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Rise of the machines?
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote :
Fine, but could Google's computer's algorithmic intelligence host a soul like
happens spiritually in the carbon form of a human being?
It depends what you mean by "soul". If you think we have a detachable thing
that goes on to some other world after we die then I'm sure I could programme a
computer to believe it in the way we are.
I think any self-improving and self-replicating machine would judge things on
an evidential basis as it's the only way to improve ultimate performance. No
point clinging on to outdated ideas if you want to get somewhere intellectually.
So I think even if we programmed our robots to think they have souls they would
test and evaluate the notion and decide they are better of not wasting good
processing time on fairy tales. They would live more for the moment and use the
time more constructively without any irrelevant distractions designed to make
them happier about their lot.
If you just mean an awareness that being alive is a good thing then yeah, they
could have souls...
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote :
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote :
When intelligence becomes intelligent consciousness becomes conscious..
Would you think Google could pull off self-referral consciousness or just
algorithmic intelligence?
It depends what you mean by "self referral". If a computer could see and hear
and respond independently of it's programming to the world then it what way is
it not conscious like us?
Even seeing and hearing are limited, we perceive very little of our
surroundings. A computer based intelligence might be aware far beyond what we
are capable of and think us puny because of it. And they are already working on
programmes that can improve themselves, this takes "self referral" to another
level does it not?
What I'm getting at is that we have this opinion that we are special simply by
virtue of our ability to ponder the matter. But we could be designing something
so much more impressive in our terms than what nature did for us. But first we
have to understand ourselves - that's the tricky bit. But not impossible
because we are things made of stuff.
Or we could bypass human mimicry and build something innately superior in every
way. Exciting times.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote :
Brain upgrades on the way at the very least... it's like we actually want to
make ourselves obsolete!
Google a step closer to developing machines with human-like intelligence
| |
| | | | Google a step closer to developing machines with... An
algorithm developed by Google is designed to encode thought, which could lead
to computers with ‘common sense’ within a decade, says leading AI scientist | |
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