Comments on: The Coming Merging of Mind and Machine http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2009/03/24/the-coming-merging-of-mind-and-machine/ learning, networks, knowledge, technology, community Sat, 4 Feb 2012 22:56:23 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Geoff Cain http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2009/03/24/the-coming-merging-of-mind-and-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-9768 Geoff Cain Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:16:31 +0000 http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/?p=3881#comment-9768 I know people who "will claim to have feelings" and, unlike tomorrow's virtual personalities, are not very convincing when they tell me so. I look forward to the change. I will know when computers are fully human when my laptop spontaneously runs off to Las Vegas and marries a slot machine. I love the optimism of the article - it takes a lot of faith to believe that the dollar will still be worth anything in 2020! It is also pretty amazing that computers will be doing something that we haven't yet defined. I know people who “will claim to have feelings” and, unlike tomorrow’s virtual personalities, are not very convincing when they tell me so. I look forward to the change. I will know when computers are fully human when my laptop spontaneously runs off to Las Vegas and marries a slot machine. I love the optimism of the article – it takes a lot of faith to believe that the dollar will still be worth anything in 2020! It is also pretty amazing that computers will be doing something that we haven’t yet defined.

]]> By: Tracy Mangum http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2009/03/24/the-coming-merging-of-mind-and-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-9721 Tracy Mangum Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:37:57 +0000 http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/?p=3881#comment-9721 God made the human brain a complex device that we do not fully understand or comprehend. Until we understand the human brain fully, there will be NO way that a computer can be programmed to behave in the same manner. God made the human brain a complex device that we do not fully understand or comprehend. Until we understand the human brain fully, there will be NO way that a computer can be programmed to behave in the same manner.

]]> By: Matt Moore http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2009/03/24/the-coming-merging-of-mind-and-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-9423 Matt Moore Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:16:29 +0000 http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/?p=3881#comment-9423 I have long ago stopped paying attention to Kurzweil. His approach ignores the work of people like Andy Clark & Antonio Damasio. If we want to give machines consciousness, we have to give them bodies (or at least systems that interact with an environment and offer feedback from acts within that environment) I have long ago stopped paying attention to Kurzweil. His approach ignores the work of people like Andy Clark & Antonio Damasio.

If we want to give machines consciousness, we have to give them bodies (or at least systems that interact with an environment and offer feedback from acts within that environment)

]]> By: Laura http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2009/03/24/the-coming-merging-of-mind-and-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-9397 Laura Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:57:02 +0000 http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/?p=3881#comment-9397 My husband is an AI researcher and he'll tell you that computers or robots aren't anywhere near being human-like. Humans have a much more subtle way of operating that's hard for a machine to match. Now that doesn't mean that some great breakthrough might not happen, but it seems unlikely within a decade or two. My husband is an AI researcher and he’ll tell you that computers or robots aren’t anywhere near being human-like. Humans have a much more subtle way of operating that’s hard for a machine to match. Now that doesn’t mean that some great breakthrough might not happen, but it seems unlikely within a decade or two.

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