On Tue, Jan 29, 2019 at 12:06 AM MP via AGI <[email protected]> wrote:
> > And NO, I'm not stoned. Perhaps someone else can explain it better than I > can? > You can always say RTFWA (read the fine wikipedia article) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holon_(philosophy) Ramanujan, as a child stood outside his house, bored, practicing long division in is head. By the time he hit his teens, he could just "see" answers in his head. In short, he managed to train up a bundle of neurons in his head to behave like what we would today call a "computer algebra system", and this vision allowed him to "see". Most of us do not have the urge to practice long division for a decade, and we resort to mental prosthesis. Like wheel-chairs and crutches, but for the brain. Like "computer algebra systems", for example. (All those people who want ESP, but can't have it, have opted for the second-best thing: cell-phones) Of course, it would be more convenient to have the cell-phone directly wired to your brain. That way, your arm would not get tired from holding it up. Also, maybe we could be more Ramanujan-like, and just be able to "see", without the agony of actually typing. Too bad no one has figured out how to do anything interesting with Magic Leap. Anyway, the point is that a neural lace is ... what most people would want. And if there is some pre-AGI, proto-AGI lurking in that net, what the heck, just let your neurons cozy on up. They'll like it. --linas -- cassette tapes - analog TV - film cameras - you ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T2bfbfce3f854b951-M6b992c594515ece11ccfb291 Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
