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Old Jul 11, 2005, 11:32 am   #7 (permalink) (top)
Jack
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I'm almost afraid to wade into this one, but I did notice one sentence that was a little misleading.
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They (computers) are really starting to blur the line between data processing, and intelligence.
Not entirely. A binary computer is really good at math. Our brains are less talented in the field because they are not binary. We operate at an analog level, and use a lot of "fuzzy logic" to think. If you smaell a rose, and your grandmother used to raise roses, there's a chance your mind will be flooded with images of your grandmother. You'll recall conversations with her, you'll get a mental image of her, etc. There's no way a binary computer could do that. It can only amass data then compute the result. We are still a long way from figuring out how to get a computer to think the way we do.
Good luck with your hypothesis, though. At the very least, these kind of exercises keep the old neurons stimulated.


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