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I'll never forget hearing Jerry Lettvin [0] pronounce, in his slow, measured, way: "The brain is not a computer. The brain is a gland." I think he said it par
by ScottBurson 11y ago
I'll never forget hearing Jerry Lettvin [0] pronounce, in his slow, measured, way: "The brain is not a computer. The brain is a gland."
I think he said it partly to tweak his MIT AI Lab audience (this must have been about 1982). But he had a point: a lot goes on in the brain that is not digital.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Lettvin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Lettvin
- guard-of-terra 11y agoMy computer also doubles as fan and vacuum cleaner.