P.A. Gantt (pgantt@icx.net)
Fri, 11 Dec 1998 14:18:52 -0500
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 14:18:52 -0500 From: "P.A. Gantt" <pgantt@icx.net> Subject: Re: [ifets] Technology and Brain
Impressive!
http://elenchus.cs.umass.edu/~eliot/PUBLICATIONS.html
> Bill Gates once said that 640K would be more than enough memory for anyone.
> I do not think it is wise to predict what will not be discovered.
Absolutely, Check out his above link people!
Rather humbling to the rest of the eduspeak lot
I'd say. Do we average Joe profs really know
what is being researched or we will be rudely surprised
when our thinking about thinking is changed forever?
Any guesses just how doggone close we are to
transportation ala Star Trek? time travel, changing
dimensions, humanbio interfaces ala Bionics etc.???
Much closer than most imagine.
> > It
> > is only through action in the world does that happen, and thanks be, we
> > have evolved into language users.
> > AI scientists make too great a claim for their constructs ( unlike me!) .
Check his links think you may be humbled on that assertion.
> I might dispute this suggestion except that it is an empty statement.
> It would be helpful if you would indicate which AI scientists you
> think are overstating which claims.
> because there is no truly adequate definition of the basic terms
> involved, thought, awareness, mind etc. However, homo sapiens have
> minds and think and are aware. This is not a function of the digestive
> tract or the skeletal system but all evidence we have indicates it
> is because of our nervous system, in particular our brains. These
> operate with neurons and chemical transmitters instead of transisters
> but still perform a computation.
Yes! Again, the average Joe prof. has no idea what
is being discovered daily.
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