On Wed, May 02, 2001 at 11:08:31AM -0500, Scott G. Miller wrote: > > > is the best I can come up with. > > > > Overall, the problem is that there are NO things that humans can do > > that machines can't do, computationally, at the theoretical level. > Thats complete bullshit. There are plenty of things that humans can do > that computers can't at the moment, and unlike other fields, it suffices > to play catch up, that is, its fine to have to modify the puzzle to keep > ahead of attacks.
Did you see the word "theoretical"? There is nothing that humans can inherently do which computers inherently cannot do. A computer can (theoretically; assuming unlimited memory) do ANY computational task possible. And remember that humans don't have unlimited memory; it has been figured out that humans have a relatively small amount of memory compared to today's computers and have a very slow processing speed. There are only two things that humans can do that computers today are not that good at (but can still do); do extreme levels of parallelization (this makes up for the human brain's very slow processing rate) and do very complex pattern matching and fuzzy logic (because the human brain is in many ways a piece of self-modifying hardware designed to do pattern matching and fuzzy logic instead of general computation). -- Yes, I know my enemies. They're the teachers who tell me to fight me.
