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A fallacy is equating the ability to think alone with our human potential. It's not just thinking that has built human civilization. Coming up with the correct
by newman8r 12y ago
A fallacy is equating the ability to think alone with our human potential. It's not just thinking that has built human civilization. Coming up with the correct answer for any query is one thing - evolving from a single cell to manipulate our environment and having consciousness spontaneously emerge and then within a few thousand years discover many of the secrets of the universe and on the verge of becoming a god-like species if we don't destroy an entire planet first.
When the machines can do that then we can compare apples to apples.
Thinking is a nice feat and I think it's going to be solved in many of our lifetimes. It's definitely something I'd like to research more at some point.
WE are the terminators - so... yeah.
- icebraining 12y agoA fallacy is equating the ability to think alone with our human potential. But who equated them?
- newman8r 12y agoLaypeople in general. I think that's part of the fallacy - the idea that a 'turing test' is some recognized standard for when computers are smarter than humans. But as others have stated it works a lot better as a thought experiment than something to directly pursue.
- DSMan195276 12y agoI feel like you're missing the forest for the trees, but I have to say I find it somewhat disturbing that you feel as though you have to assert your superiority over machines by citing an argument that's basically "I evolved, you were created, so I'm better".