Natural processes self-organize. Algorithms and computer programs do not. People organize them.
Sergio -----Original Message----- From: Anastasios [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 5:22 PM To: AGI Subject: Re: [agi] Analog Computation On Jul 10, 2012, at 9:47 PM, Steve Richfield <[email protected]> wrote: > Such a device attached to a PC as an outboard processor could enable really general purpose hyper-Turing computation at pretty much full unhindered speeds. I see the promise here, but so far I seem to stand alone in this. > Ira Karp is now "Jewish lecturer for Christian churches"? Somehow this doesn't bode well for the sanity of the whole venture! No, you are not alone in trying to derive some "magic" from the natural world, such as "infinite" precision and bandwidth from analog processes, or spacetime anomalies at the quantum scale, or whatever. But you would be very alone in knowing how to use/program them. Natural processes on our planet, in our cities, in our homes and in our bodies are too complex for our digital computers, but what do they compute? Now, if I wanted to create a forex trading automaton I could probably go very far by, for example, evolving an analog circuit on the FPGAs that do not yet exist or in simulation. But general purpose computing, I just don't see how! AT ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/18883996-f0d58d57 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; d2 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-c97d2393 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-2484a968 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
