3 ms·
I'm not sure how you can say computers have no body and no childhood. I think someone who doesn't know computers very well just doesn't see it, but they actuall
by forgotmypw17 6y ago
I'm not sure how you can say computers have no body and no childhood. I think someone who doesn't know computers very well just doesn't see it, but they actually have both.
- wwwwewwww 6y agoI think I know computers well. But I have no idea what "body" and "childhood" computers have. Can you please explain?
- simonh 6y agoTheir body is their hardware, sensors, interfaces and means of changing the world through controlled devices which can include robot arms and legs or vehicles. Computers can learn and be trained to do things and get better at them, such as using genetic algorithms and machine learning. They’re rudimentary, but real.
- ddingus 6y agoThey aren't of sufficient complexity and robustness to self identify. Our bodies offer a closed loop, very robust and complex feedback system. Our intelligence can process that and learn all sorts of things. Can learn what is "them" and what is other. Without those things, a computer, as we have constructed them so far, really don't have a childhood.
- forgotmypw17 6y agoI think if you perceive a computer as a single cell of an organism, you can see more clearly what I mean. And computers' childhood is happening right now.
- ddingus 6y agoThat's more like evolution, like basic chemicals combining. Computers are not yet like organisms. They are getting super complex. A childhood is a very different thing still.