tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880686624845718403.post611583584955121602..comments2024-03-13T09:26:28.888+00:00Comments on Ashley R Pollard: Tsundoku Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13666947574653683678noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880686624845718403.post-799984101003655712014-02-18T17:12:41.112+00:002014-02-18T17:12:41.112+00:00The ‘Ho hum’ was a comment on the paradox of diffe...The ‘Ho hum’ was a comment on the paradox of different branches of science having seemingly opposing ideas of what intelligence is. Computer scientist are confident enough in their understanding of it, to be able to say that they can not only reproduce it in silicon but also have their creations exceed human capabilities. Meanwhile neuroscientists admit to being no closer to understanding the mechanisms in animal brains that manifest themselves as intelligence.<br /><br />I wouldn't have too much difficulty with either the idea of intelligent machines or of some sort of mind control. I think if either were to be introduced slowly they would be accepted as part of the environment. Of course this presupposes that such changes introductions would not impart levels of fear or panic in the population at large.<br /><br />Free will and the idea of the self seem to me not to be particularly related. In my time I have made many irrational decisions, but however much introspection I apply to those decisions I cannot identify their origins. They may stem from original thinking, conditioning or just random neurons firing. However such decisions always seem to reinforce my sense of self rather than diminish it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880686624845718403.post-56544109203956780692014-02-17T14:25:00.979+00:002014-02-17T14:25:00.979+00:00Glad to see to here reading, and thank yo for the ...Glad to see to here reading, and thank yo for the BD card. I in my inimitable manner would ask what is it about something being more intelligent than one, or having one's behaviours controlled that is difficult for you? I infer this from the 'Ho hum' rider, and what would be different if one could prove that you are still you even if you don't have what you consider to be free will?<br /><br />Now that's a fun thought for a novel. Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13666947574653683678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880686624845718403.post-56632772160625483942014-02-17T11:47:04.073+00:002014-02-17T11:47:04.073+00:00What interesting time we live in. One the one hand...What interesting time we live in. One the one hand there are the computer geeks telling us that soon computers will be much more intelligent than us, and on the other hand there are biologists telling us that our free will is largely an illusion. Here f'instance http://edge.org/conversation/toxo<br /><br />Ho humAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com