Beyond AI
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| - | Igor Aleksander says in his book | + | Igor Aleksander says in his book "World in My Mind, My Mind in the World" on the first page: |
| - | : | + | : "I am convinced that in principle it is possible to design machines that are conscious in much the same way as I am. I am also convinced that this is a direct and uncluttered way of understanding what it is to be conscious. The strategy for designing conscious machines is tough but, in the end, doable." |
Is it possible to go beyond traditional AI? | Is it possible to go beyond traditional AI? | ||
| - | Some people are persuaded that | + | Some people are persuaded that "no computer |
of the sort we know how to build—that is, one | of the sort we know how to build—that is, one | ||
made with wires and switches—will ever cross a | made with wires and switches—will ever cross a | ||
| - | threshold to become aware of what it is doing. | + | threshold to become aware of what it is doing." |
(quote from Martin Gardner's | (quote from Martin Gardner's | ||
[http://www.ams.org/notices/200707/tx070700852p.pdf Review] | [http://www.ams.org/notices/200707/tx070700852p.pdf Review] | ||
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Arguments about whether an artificial system | Arguments about whether an artificial system | ||
could ever be conscious range among scientists | could ever be conscious range among scientists | ||
| - | from | + | from "possible in principle" to "sure". |
The problem of strong AI is not a problem | The problem of strong AI is not a problem | ||
in the sense of “could it possibly exist?”; | in the sense of “could it possibly exist?”; | ||
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There is no doubt that [[Self-Consciousness|self-consciousness]] | There is no doubt that [[Self-Consciousness|self-consciousness]] | ||
does not require some immaterial mind-stuff. | does not require some immaterial mind-stuff. | ||
| - | Daniel C. Dennett writes in his book | + | Daniel C. Dennett writes in his book "Brainchildren - |
| - | Essays on Designing Minds | + | Essays on Designing Minds", Penguin Press Science, 1998 |
(p. 154) | (p. 154) | ||
| - | : | + | : "Over the centuries, every other phenomenon of initially 'supernatural' mysteriousness has succumbed to an uncontroversial explanation within the commodious folds of physical science. Thales, the pre-Socratic protoscientist, thought the loadstone had a soul, but we now know better; magnetism is one of the best understood of physical phenomena, strange though its manifestations are. The 'miracles' of life itself, and of reproduction, are now analyzed into the well-known intricacies of molecular biology. Why should consciousness be any exception? Why should the brain be the only complex physical object in the universe to have an interface with another realm of being?" |
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== What is the problem ? == | == What is the problem ? == | ||
