tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32247061.post2504279170240223866..comments2023-09-30T07:34:48.440-05:00Comments on They Call Me the Oracle!: How Big Is Your God?Diane Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03600455886027626547noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32247061.post-3868554033397457542007-08-13T09:55:00.000-05:002007-08-13T09:55:00.000-05:00That's so funny. I was counting on you commenting...That's so funny. I was counting on you commenting. I knew you'd think about this. This is a conversation I'd love for you to have with Max. He's listening (not reading) to a book called "On Intelligence" by John Hawkins. All about this. Funny how random thoughts converge, eh? I didn't know what he was listening to and he wasn't watching the same show and seeing me get fired up about this.<BR/><BR/>But ... he has some other ideas about how we are actually farther away than we might think. Based on the linear properties of a computer and pattern thinking of a person.<BR/><BR/>You're right, though. They are working on this - haven't breached the dam yet, but this is a question we might see as reality in our lifetime!Diane Muirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03600455886027626547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32247061.post-41518951599645915142007-08-13T09:11:00.000-05:002007-08-13T09:11:00.000-05:00The future is closer than you think. The question...The future is closer than you think. The question is being asked already, and by some really smart people. I studied AI a bit in my Philosophy of Mind class. Our brains are carbon based computers. We're chemical-electrical thinkers. Computer chips are silicon based...silicon-electrical. What if scientists could replace a single carbon atom in a human brain with one made of silicon, and give it the same electrical function? What if they replaced ten atoms? What if they replace half of a human carbon-brain with half of a human silicon brain? What if they could replicate with incredible detail the electrical firings of a human brain with one made entirely of silicon based material? What sort of body could they put this new brain into, and does that body have a soul?<BR/><BR/>These go on and up, and the scary thing is these questions are not just abstract exercises for some scientists...they're actually working on making these things happen. So...if they're successful...would a robot with a thinking, feeling, silicon brain also have a soul?codyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10519581913313876672noreply@blogger.com