On 15 January 2014 14:51, freqflyer07281972 <[email protected]>wrote:
> > > On Tuesday, January 14, 2014 8:24:31 PM UTC-5, Edgar L. Owen wrote: >> >> Jason, >> >> There are no 'synthetic neurons' that could replace biological ones "one >> by one". When there are let me know and I'll check them out and answer >> your question. >> >> You are letting your imagination run wild here imagining things with no >> basis in reality as if they were true. When we study reality we study what >> is actually true, not sci fi no matter how 'cool' it's thought to be.... >> >> http://metabiological.wordpress.com/2011/04/25/first-synthetic-neuron-created/ >> >> >> >> http://www.princeton.edu/pccmeducation/undergrad/reu/researchprojects/REU2008Presentations/duseja-richardson.pdf >> >> http://www.neurotechreports.com/pages/hybrids.html >> >> >> http://www.dvice.com/2012-12-2/worlds-most-complex-artificial-brain-ever-passes-iq-tests >> >> This is too easy... >> >> Does Edgar have a higher difficulty setting? >> > I would like to have a few words with whoever programmed him. His artifical nature is given away by his literal mindedness, his repetition of canned responses, and his inability to understand how a theory can be supported or undermined by a thought experiment. I guess programming an autodidactic monomaniacal sociopath is easier than a real person, but even so it's a pretty impressive achievement. And setting it loose on the Everything list ... someone is laughing up their sleeve somewhere! Doug Hofstadter, I'm looking at you!! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
