Re: Re(2): TI-H: mind vs. computer
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Re: Re(2): TI-H: mind vs. computer
The computer would have no reason to go into "evil" mode. If it reads every
piece of literature it would understand that if IT were in our shoes (hehe!
a computer in shoes!) then it would want to live in freedom. So since the
computer would think logically, then it would be able to possibly help in
every way it could. It would always be "happy" and it would also have
feelings toward death and birth etc. Logically, the computer would either
see it as "This is the survival of the fitest and the computers and humans
must fight the enemies to survive (AIDS, meteorites, etc.) and we cannot
afford to give birth to this many humans, so off with their heads!" or it
will see it as "There is no point to living and we should all just kill
ourselves since the universe will collapse on itself sooner or later and we
will go no where" or it will see it some other way, but EITHER way,
computers know best! If they find it logical to kill the human race... so
be it :)
At 06:50 PM 12/17/98 -0500, you wrote:
>On Wed, Dec 16, 1998 at 11:47:15PM -0500, David Norelid wrote:
>>
>> the human brain is one of the most robust and powerful thinking machines
>> there is. of course, we can't match the speed of a computer when
>> multiplying two 20-digit numbers, but thats what computers were designed
>> for. we were designed for thinking and comprehension. when i see a
>> computer cry when it hears mozart, or understad picasso's political
>> messages, then i can say that computers have outdone us. the human body as
>> a machine is the most powerful even created. it can sustain heavy blows
>> and regenerate within a short amount of time. our sight and image
>> targeting/recognition system is absolutely nonpareil (pardon my french).
>> we can move in any direction, travel over extremely bumpy and treacherous
>> terrain, we can scale vertical walls. we have the ability to plan ahead
>> and think about the consequences of our actions. oh, dont even get me
>> started on this one.
>>
>dear god...when the computers can do that, I quite simply don't want
>to be around. If a computer is capable of experiencing emotions, it is
>self-aware, and if it is self-aware, it can experience things like
>race-pride. there have been many science fiction books written on the
>subject of computers that know they are better than their creators,
>and attempt to destroy them. in the books, generally the humans win,
>but i highly doubt this would happen in real life. right now a human
>can out-do a computer most of the time, but when they have the ability
>to think for themselves, and to plan for themselves, they'll be able
>to plan for any possible contingincy in a matter of microseconds. This
>is the only thing about the advancement of computers that really
>bothers me.
>
>-- Jon Olson
>
>
>>
>> FUZZ
>> David Norelid
>> Posse in effect, yo
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>>
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-Dan
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