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For one, quantum physics are not deterministic. The world you live in, and you, are predictable, but not quite deterministic. I personally think that if we cre
by tachyonbeam 12y ago
For one, quantum physics are not deterministic. The world you live in, and you, are predictable, but not quite deterministic.
I personally think that if we create robots with a sufficient understanding of the world, they will necessarily be self-aware and "conscious". Those are just emergent properties of a sufficient understanding of the world, it seems to me. You might think that's not true. Asimov's robots are purely "logical" (but not reasonable) and don't seem conscious, they don't have free will... But robots like that might never exist. They'd be too rigid to deal with the complexities of this world in any kind of useful way. For robots to be sufficiently capable, they'll need a more fluid, more "natural" and less "predictable" kind of intelligence.
- jabgrabdthrow 12y agoI don't buy this at all. Robots can just simulate your brain, and use thermal noise to imitate quantum randomness. You have to believe that quantum randomness is a channel through which some higher intelligence sends signals, which is pure mysticism IMO.
- gus_massa 12y agoI agree, but you don't need thermal noise to simulate the effects quantum randomness. You can use actual quantum randomness! The number of photons absorbed in a photodetector is determined by quantum randomness, because some of them are absorbed and some of them pass trough. IIRC a camera with a CCD is enough to measure individual photons. (Nevertheless, in my opinion neither of this is necessary to simulate consciousness, a good PRNG would be enough, but we should wait a few years until this is confirmed.)