Can artificial intelligence ever be human? And I mean, proper Asimovesque intelligence, not a microwave.
Poll: Can an android be human?
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Depends, obviously, an android designed to emulate human thinking is iffy. However: What about human to machine mind conversion? It's essentially the same thing, that is to emulate the thought processes of a human being, only in this case you already -have- those thought processes, all you're doing is either downloading or copying them into the machine as data.
Then, once the human mind is inside...what's the difference between that mind and a machine? Similarly, if you can create a thinking, cognitive machine, isn't that the same thing as the downloaded conciousness? (Providing obviously it can be emulated to a sufficient degree.)
I don't know, an android isn't human. But asking that is the wrong question. Is it sentient? That's what you should be asking. If the answer is yes, then whether or not it's human is irrelevant, what matters is that it is a thinking being.
Then, once the human mind is inside...what's the difference between that mind and a machine? Similarly, if you can create a thinking, cognitive machine, isn't that the same thing as the downloaded conciousness? (Providing obviously it can be emulated to a sufficient degree.)
I don't know, an android isn't human. But asking that is the wrong question. Is it sentient? That's what you should be asking. If the answer is yes, then whether or not it's human is irrelevant, what matters is that it is a thinking being.
It depends on your definition of 'human'. If a human is something that uses oxygen, carbon, glucose and other nutrients to work, makes copies of itself and all the other untold millions of things that the human body does, the it is theoretically possible to grow a separate being that would have to be physically classified as 'human'. The only reason we are not doing it now is that we simply do not have the technology right now.
However, the recognition of a 'soul' (or similar concept) complicates things and might invalidate the possibility of creating a 'human machine'.
However, the recognition of a 'soul' (or similar concept) complicates things and might invalidate the possibility of creating a 'human machine'.
but isn't most of our psychology brought about through pre-programming of the nature around us? We take in our surroundings and we learn how to act accordingly - computers are grasping this skill more efficiently every day.
I think in the future (not near) our definition of self and machine will become blurred indeed,
Battlestar Galactica anyone?
I think in the future (not near) our definition of self and machine will become blurred indeed,
Battlestar Galactica anyone?