On a sufficiently large computer, one could simulate a brain right down to the molecular level.
So, yeah, it seems a computer could recognize "a line as a line" in whatever sense the brain does, if the software were written that way... (unless, again, there is weird physics going on in the brain that no one understands) Please note that the retina in a sense discretizes its inputs also: the continuous field of visual inputs is turned into the activation levels of a finite array of neurons... On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 10:47 AM, Mike Tintner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Ben, > > According to the known laws of physics, analog computers cannot compute > anything different than what digital computers can... > if by "compute" you mean "produce results observable by finite-precision > instruments like human eyes and ears" > > Ben, > > There is one other question here. Don't digital computers always add > another layer? A line, say, always has to be translated into something else, > like geometric formulae, in order for a digital computer to handle it, no? > All information has to be coded and decoded, no? > > I, as you/ve probably gathered, want a machine that can handle the line as > a line, directly. A map as a map.No code. > > There is nothing comparable to the brain's maps in the physical layout of > current computers, is there? Could there be? (Neural networks aren't quite > the same, are they)? > > > > ------------------------------ > *agi* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/> | > Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com> > -- Ben Goertzel, PhD CEO, Novamente LLC and Biomind LLC Director of Research, SIAI [EMAIL PROTECTED] "A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." -- Robert Heinlein ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=117534816-b15a34 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
