It is natural for the human mind to rationalize to itself why it is more complex than anything else in the universe, but that is simply hubris.
Anyone see how HP is close to bring able to mass produce memristors? This will not only be beneficial for databases, but also more closely resembles how brain memory functions. I think this will lead to much better AI. On Jun 12, 2014 2:00 PM, "Howard White" <[email protected]> wrote: > On 06/12/2014 01:56 PM, Nathanael Ries wrote: > >> We don't have to be smarter than ourselves to create something smarter >> than ourselves. Quarks don't need to be smart to make hydrogen atoms, >> and hydrogen atoms don't need to be smart to make stars which create the >> elements. Those elements don't need to be smart to make organic >> molecules and so on and so forth. We only need to be smart enough to >> copy what nature has already done on its own. >> >> On Jun 12, 2014 1:52 PM, "Chris McQuistion" <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> I don't think we're intelligent enough to invent something more >> intelligent than ourselves. >> >> I do believe we're intelligent to invent something that >> /mimics/ some of the things that the human mind can do, but it is >> just mimicking and it will never be able to do everything our mind >> can do because even we can't fully understand the human mind. >> >> Chris >> > > Allow me to restate Chris' double negative - we are not intelligent enough > to invent something more intelligent than ourselves. > > Our lack of intelligence may be the problem precisely. Nuclear weapons > spring to mind. Unintended consequences and all of that... > > Worse, we may not be intelligent enough to know the difference. > > Howard > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscribe@ > googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ > group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
