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Interesting to think of how this relates with the Extended Mind theory (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Extended_Mind https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Extend
by leshokunin 7y ago
Interesting to think of how this relates with the Extended Mind theory (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Extended_Mind https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Extended_Mind) and how our environment and setup is effectively part of our cognition. In a way, maybe we should consider intelligence to not just be about our ability to connect A to B in complex ways (or equivalent views) but rather as the ability to create frameworks both in an internal and and internal process. In that sense, you could think of intelligence as a stack. Would love to hear thoughts on this.
- AquiGorka 7y agoThank you for sharing this "Extended Mind" concept, it is mind-blowing -> on an arbitrarily contained mind inside a skull to keep collateral damage to a minimum. In the mind experiment of Inga and Otto they use a notebook to extends Otto's mind and claim it is so because "it is constantly and immediately accessible to Otto", can we say the same of the Internet? Does it extend our own minds?
- leshokunin 7y agoAbsolutely. More specifically, the Internet itself can be thought of as an extended network of neurons. To extend cognition with it, you need to integrate its knowledge without yours (for example by reaching information as quickly as via in-body cognition, eg via Google or a notes app), and you need applications that can deliver this knowledge (usually SAAS). If you have such a system in place, it's functionally the same as having a bespoke work stack that complements your cognition.