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Yes, most modern AI researchers believe that the functioning of the brain can be explained by electromagnetic and chemical phenomena, accurately described by 19
by lkozma 17y ago
Yes, most modern AI researchers believe that the functioning of the brain can be explained by electromagnetic and chemical phenomena, accurately described by 1900s theories. The fact that we don't fully understand its workings is due to its organizational complexity.
Penrose's arguments are discussed for example here: http://www.scottaaronson.com/democritus/lec10.5.html http://www.scottaaronson.com/democritus/lec10.5.html
- 10ren 17y agoIt's funny, but to be certain that consciousness can be explained by known laws - we just don't know exactly how - itself requires faith and is quite unscientific. Although I too believe it.
- lkozma 17y agoI see this just as an application of Occam's razor. What Penrose does has been called the "law of minimization of mystery": consciousness is misterious, quantum mechanics is misterious, so why not try to explain one with the other.
- randallsquared 17y agoFew such are certain, in the religious sense. They're certain until new evidence shows otherwise.