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There are non-physical attributes ascribed to humans besides intelligence that may be interesting to consider. Can there be such a thing as artificial wisdom?
by gregfjohnson 4y ago
There are non-physical attributes ascribed to humans besides intelligence that may be interesting to consider. Can there be such a thing as artificial wisdom? Artificial love? Artificial enlightenment? Artificial kindness? My initial reaction is that it feels like a categorical error to say that these might be characteristics of a Turing machine. There are a couple of ways to understand these phrases. If I were to ascribe "artificial enlightenment" to a human, I would be saying that they are faking something, engaging in a kind of subterfuge. On the other hand, I might be able to imagine a digital creation that has been given a sense of self, is aware of its own existence, has an ability or propensity for self-preservation, and yet reasons its way to a state of selfless kindness and generosity. I find myself in a state of "quantum superposition" as to which side of this issue I fall on!
- nh23423fefe 4y agoSuperpositions are never observed. Artifical is just contrasting with biological, though. Of course a machine could be kind or loving.
- red75prime 4y agoYour eigenstate may be my superposition though. If we are measuring in different bases.
- nh23423fefe 4y agoHow would you measure in the |alive+dead> , |alive-dead> basis for the cat? What does that detector look like? Does the existence of a basis imply a constructible detector?