On 08/16/2014 06:14 AM, Mike Stayton wrote: > and also > > http://www.research.ibm.com/articles/brain-chip.shtml > > Mike Stayton > > > An interesting development, but if technology ever progresses to the point where we remotely approach the cognitive power of the human brain we would need to exercise EXTREME caution, as humans can "learn" and be certain of so many things that simply aren't true including mutually impossible "facts", be blind to their own ignorance, come to irrational, destructive conclusions, and have mental breakdowns. There is a reason that the computers that we rely on have been designed around deterministic architectures. Science fiction has repeatedly dealt with the dangers of placing cognitive machines in control. I particularly remember one original Star Trek episode ("The Ultimate Computer") where such a cognitive computer (M-5) went berserk because its designer patterned its memory engrams on his own and he himself turned out to be mentally unstable.
Just image the extreme damage potential of an ultra-fast, ultra-efficient cognitive machine in control of some critical process or decisions if it were patterned on the memory engrams of a Sarah Palin. -- Joel C. Ewing, Bentonville, AR [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
