Iyo is it possible for technology to be more advanced than the brain?
In your opinion is it theoretically possible for technology to be better than our own brains?
| Yes | 19 | |
| No | 7 | |
| It depends on us | 8 |
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mystery7
"The Singularity"
The technological singularity is the hypothesis that accelerating progress in technologies will cause a runaway effect wherein artificial intelligence will exceed human intellectual capacity and control, thus radically changing civilization in an event called 'the singularity'.
Because the capabilities of such an intelligence may be impossible for a human to comprehend, the technological singularity is an occurrence beyond which events may become unpredictable, unfavorable, or even unfathomable by human beings.
Source: Wikipedia
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Redcoats
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thegypsysailor
I'll bet half the smart phones out there right now are smarter than their users.
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Anonymous Post Author
Oh, I didn't mean it as an insult! I meant it as a joke, since autocorrect tends to automatically change words into stupid guesses (duck to dick, etc) :)
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thegypsysailor
Well, not ever having used the tech, I guess I misunderstood.
That doesn't change my opinion of texting however. Y'all buy a phone to send text messages; madness.
Just one more way people are isolating themselves from each other.
Sexting? Really? Where's the fun in that? Rather Victorian, isn't it?Comment Hidden ( show )
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GoldenNightmare
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TheInterlang
The brain has a higher raw processing ability, and significantly more cores (neurons) than any computer. But the computer has a higher actual ability to solve math problems using algorithm.
QUICK. Find the square root of 2 without using a calculator.
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kingofcarrotflowers
I'm not going to pretend I'm well informed enough about the state of technological and philosophical evolution of human technology, there are people who have degrees in such things who say no such thing will happen, you have others equally qualified if not more so presenting the idea of a technilogical singularity and a lot of experts in the field say it could be closer than we think
Stephen hawking said that dismissing super intelligent computers as science fiction could be the worst mistake we could make, I don't know better than Stephen hawking
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Additionally, please note that the brain is a true parallel processor, ie. several neurons can fire at the same time. A computer simulating the brain as a neural net is mimicking brain activity in a serial fashion. To date, nobody has invented an architecture that would allow complete parallelism at the neuron level like the brain has. If this ever happens later in the century, get ready to work for R2D2 and C3PO.
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stopandthink
Intelligence requires conciousness. And trust me, technology is never becoming concious to the level of the human mind.
If you know what a thermostat is, you will see that it makes decisions based on the temperature of it's surroundings, yet it cannot think. Or smartphones, they require human input and are ineffective without that.
You don't need to worry mate. A 'Star Wars' future isn't coming any time soon. (Hate those Movies)Comment Hidden ( show )-
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CynicalOptimist
I don't think it's wise to totally rule out the possibility of concious robots. We've been wrong about things would be impossible in the past, and there's no way we could prove that this is, so unless you believe in a divine creator, it's illogical to say what you said.
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stopandthink
Yes, I do believe in a higher power but don't see how that is relevant.
Any artificial intelligence you see today has it's limits; every single thing it can do has been programmed by a person. Things it hasn't been programmed for it cannot respond to, unlike us which can create a respone to virtually anything.
And there's another point; if somebody programs a robot it's like a puppet on strings. It needs to be without strings for me to deem it as a concious being.Comment Hidden ( show )
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pixie44
Well if we invented the technology wouldn't we be more advanced since we were the creator?
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CynicalOptimist
An artist can create a statue more beautiful than his own body, so why couldn't a scientist create a computer more powerful than his own brain?
And even if you're right, the genius who develop the first brain-like computer would almost certainly be far more 'advanced' than the average human.
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Anonymous Post Author
That's exactly the reason why I asked this. The question is basically about whether self-learning intelligent machines can ever be created :)
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