Posted by Jonny Trigonometry on November 23, 2003, at 16:10:51
In reply to Re: Redirected: What is consciousness?, posted by deirdrehbrt on November 23, 2003, at 14:18:12
Thank you all for the feedback. I like the counter arguments you provide about how neurons are much more complex than dominos, and dominos only lead to entropy, thats an excellent point. I can't help but agree that the analogy is a much more general picture than what is actually going on. I've heard that the human brain will be obsolete in computing power by 2030 when we use nano computers and 3d chips as opposed to micro computers based in 2d designs. It's true the brain is very powerful, but the time it takes to make a descision is much slower than computers nowadays, but we have so many "processors" firing in parallel that we can think faster. One day, since AI is possible, and due to moore's law, we will witness a computer that is smarter than any human, and might be so smart and convincing that maybe we'd make it our leader... (tangent) scary!
poster:Jonny Trigonometry
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