John (01)
I read a bit on your two links - more related to language and understanding
as well as Steven's paper on experience. (02)
From Amoeba to Pisces - is there not enough intelligence to survive and
reproduce, also at insect level it has some innovation. Also a mystery as to
how primitive life forms evolved such intelligent mechanisms for
self-protection and reproduction? For example plants having colors to
attract insets for pollination.
I wonder if Penrose would consider these life forms to be within the realm
of computability, especially their minds or levels of understanding.
Regards,
Ravi
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Steven, (04)
By structure, I assume that you mean something along the lines of
https://www.createspace.com/Preview/1137409 (05)
As I said before, I think it's an interesting hypothesis. I would put in
the same category as the Penrose-Hameroff hypothesis. I'll wait and see,
but I wouldn't bet on it without a lot more evidence. (06)
> you are still thinking about the problem "electronically"
> (connectionist) (07)
I think about it in as many ways as I have encountered, and I wouldn't rule
out an infinity of other options. But I have more confidence in some than
others, and I frequently quote Whitehead: (08)
ANW
> Systems, scientific and philosophic, come and go. Each method of
> limited understanding is at length exhausted. In its prime each system
> is a triumphant success: in its decay it is an obstructive nuisance. (09)
I don't know what you mean by "connectionist". But in my negative remarks
about Jeff H, I hope you noticed that artificial neural networks are a
version that I think (a) is useful for a limited range of applications, but
(b) is not on the road to "strong AI"
or even advanced applications of ordinary AI. (010)
As for neuroscience, I believe that there's a continuum from protozoa (such
as paramecia) to bilateral worms around 600 million years ago, the split
between protostomia (insects, molluscs, etc.) and deuterostomia (vertebrates
such as fish and humans). I agree with many neuroscientists who believe that
versions of consciousness are present at least as early as fish and insects.
I doubt that consciousness is a "problem" that needs any special
explanation. (011)
As for strong AI, I really don't know whether digital computers can ever be
intelligent at a human level. But as I said in the micai.pdf slides, they
can do much better than current AI systems. (012)
As for philosophy, I have learned a great deal from both eastern and western
philosophers from antiquity to the present. Following are two articles that
are representative statements: (013)
http://www.jfsowa.com/pubs/signproc.htm
Signs, processes, and language games (014)
http://www.jfsowa.com/pubs/rolelog.pdf
The role of logic and ontology in language and reasoning (015)
John (016)
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