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What I wonder is that considering that computation is universal, would it be easier to achieve human-like understanding of the environment using hierarchical mo
by yigitdemirag 11y ago
What I wonder is that considering that computation is universal, would it be easier to achieve human-like understanding of the environment using hierarchical models without any use of neural networks?
Can we achieve such mathematical breakthrough without making use of neuroscience or related biological fields?
- 3pt14159 11y agoWell if you consider quantum mechanics to essentially be a complex probabilistic cellular automaton, then I don't think we'd even need to mirror our specific biological mechanisms of intelligence; we'd just need to run the right cellular automaton and wait. Detecting life may be more difficult though.
- 0xdeadbeefbabe 11y ago> wait. "wait" sounds like find the right cellular automata.
- jpapon 11y agoIf you accept that computation is universal, then yes, you could definitely achieve human-like understanding through means that are completely different from the actual human wet-ware. It might not be very efficient... but it's certainly possible. If the universe is isomorphic to a Turing machine, then the human brain certainly is. If that is so, then it is possible in principle to create a human-like machine with any other Turing-complete machine. It just might take you a billion years to simulate one second of human brain activity.
- TheOtherHobbes 11y agoIt's not obvious that either the universe or the human brain are isomorphic to a Turing machine. There's an epistemological tendency to assume the universe is isomorphic to the most complex mechanical model available at the time. Historically, those models seem to be reliably wrong; the universe always turns out to be more complicated and subtle than we imagine it is.
- cLeEOGPw 11y agoYou don't need to replicate human brain to achieve human brain-like behavior.