You're taking a big risk putting Descartes before the whores. Sorry, any opportunity to use that punchline...
On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 10:02 AM, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > We have come a long way from Descartes, whose ‘I think therefore I am’ was > a hallmark breakthrough in the celebration of human consciousness and > human-centred history making. Today’s cogito ergo sum equivalent would read > more like this: ‘I think I exist, or at least there’s an app that proves I > exist because it generates data which can be analysed and presented back to > me so I can make more sense of my life.’ > > I'm not worried by AI yet - more that we don't use enough of it. Machines > can feedback into what we are and improve it. We have some limited > software that does biofeedback involved in attempts to let children better > see their own poor behaviour and help them correct it. Much we could do > with machines is prevented by economic interests. > > > On Thursday, January 29, 2015 at 2:27:26 PM UTC, RP Singh wrote: >> >> It could be that AI robots might have consciousness like us , if they are >> recognizing objects , seeing , hearing , etc. then probably they are aware >> and as such have a consciousness like us. After all aren't we all >> automatons following our biological guidance , seemingly free but bound by >> hundreds of forces within and outside our bodies. What if robots are given >> the creative urge , then might not it be the enslavement of humankind like >> in comics when we were kids. Neil , I think Hawking and Gates might be >> genuinely worried about the future AI's and the subjugation of humankind. >> Sometimes it is good to believe in God because we can always hope that he >> will protect the creatures he has created from their own folly in playing >> God. >> >> On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 7:37 PM, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> It could even be RP that some disaster in, say, 50 years, which a little >>> change now might help us avert, brings the end of humans. >>> >>> >>> On Thursday, January 29, 2015 at 12:57:09 PM UTC, RP Singh wrote: >>>> >>>> What would be there if there were no laws of nature --mayhem everywhere >>>> , chaos , destruction , anarchy. What if all laws fail ,annihilation--and >>>> it might be that the universe will end that way. >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 6:35 AM, RP Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Suppose there had been no consciousness and the entire world had been >>>>> there but all unconscious , what would be the Truth? Just death , nothing >>>>> else. Consciousness is what makes life , a proof that there is something >>>>> which exists , Existence itself and not death. Look at the stars , the >>>>> solar system , if it had self-direction where would we be? It all obeys >>>>> laws and that is the reason for order in the universe and not chaos. What >>>>> would humanity have been if we were not bound by our nature , no laws of >>>>> biology , psychology , etc. , no predictability , no comfort that we would >>>>> return to our homes at night ,no assurance that we would return home from >>>>> work . Unpredictability is still there but it is minor , mostly there is >>>>> satisfaction and assurance of well-being. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> --- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > ""Minds Eye"" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
