On Sat, Apr 18, 2020, 9:10 AM John Rose <[email protected]> wrote:
> Quantum consiointelligence deniers and phobics please skip the following: > Sorry, I can't resist :) > > Interesting paper taking a stab at describing consciousness and creativity > being a consequence of the 20W human brain efficiency similar to Kahneman's > Systems. > > https://arxiv.org/abs/2002.03738 > I find it interesting that philosophers find both quantum mechanics and consciousness mysterious for opposite reasons, and therefore they must be related. But physicists find neither to be mysterious, again for opposite reasons. What I don't find interesting are papers that lack an experimental results section. But let me offer a bit of physics philosophy. The brain is a million times more energy efficient than computers because signals travel a million times slower by moving neurotransmitter molecules that are a million times heavier than electrons. The power savings comes from E = 1/2 mv^2. The feelings that we are conscious and have free will come from positive reinforcement of our perceptions, thoughts, and actions. The reason we find them so hard to define in an objective and testable sense is that they don't really exist. Our beliefs exist because they increase our reproductive fitness by making us fear death. The author concludes, based on nothing more than speculation, that AI is not possible on deterministic hardware. But Shannon proved that errors can be reduced to arbitrarily low rates over noisy channels. Evolution figured out how to use error correction during DNA replication to reduce copying error rates from 10^-2 to 10^-9 while using 1/1000 as much energy per bit operation as the brain. ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T117bc2d94b89dd03-M341081b32ba4265f83b95dd8 Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
