Louiz ofRohr,
About a.i., might we be able to state that our thoughts and actions are the results of complex patterns and algorithms, though created through an evolutionary process? If we create a.i. through algorithms, of course, do we not think also by algorithms?
I agree with your statement, that the important thing is to be happy. I would like to say that I am a "fanatic" about the human race improving itself. It would be nice, however fantasy-like, for our race to all be "wise" creatures.
RiiDii,
You have a very nice conservative view, much respected by me. All of the questions I am asking, I am not necessarily a fanatic about. I am usually very conservative in life, with people, and in conversation. However, I wished for open opinions with this topic, and that I am recieving. Thank you.
MicroMan,
I would suppose that the shortest way to define human is to say, we are a more evolved species(in general), able to solve more complex problems than other general classes of species on earth. Though, this would be a current summary. Go back some thousand, maybe even millions of years, and it would come out differently.
Maybe once we figure how a brain functions, then we will be able to accurately define intelligence. I do not know when, but I do know that one day we will understand what it is, and will be able to accurately create, or mimic it.
About transferring the conscious, a main topic has been about uploading. A now thought of process of slowly replacing brain cells and stems(and any other gizmos within the brain), one by one, after each is simulated by a machine, and then replaced where it is at. Eventually, each gizmo in the brain would be replaced, overtime, purely by machine. However, the defining question...though the being still talks and walks and figures like the unchanged being, is he still the same being, with the same conscious as before the uploading process? This is a hot topic at any point it is brought up. Which leads me to another question, what is consciousness, and how is it that we are each individual persons, that we are who we are, and are consciously in the mind we are? How come we do not all see from eachother's perspective, simutaneously? Do we have a "spirit", some spiritual force living inside of us, that make us conscious? Or, is it some other hard-to-explain physical phenomenon?
How can one say the universe will end one day? Do you know its inner-workings? Do you know exactly how it started, and where its headed? What do you mean when you say "even if people live at that time that are born in our time, they'll be destroyed."? Why will they die? About living that long, I have thought about it over and over. Sometimes, when "my head is on straight", I can really say that I want to live forever. Why? Because, life never happens again, as far as I can figure. If I die, is it all over? Is the adventure gone forever more? I do not like this.
"Smart" is definitely a hard view to describe. It is like asking, what is a genius. What makes people to call one a genius? Albert Einstien was called a genius because of his few excellent theories in physics. However, he himself stated that he was an emotional failure, seeing how he became divorced twice, not being able to hold a good emotional relationship. Let us say that Albert was a genius in some number of feilds. Then, we could say that he is a genius in those fields. Now, let us replace the word smart, with genius. Then, let us give the word smart, a general veiw, "smart in everything". So, to define smarter, would be to compare two people, and derive from that, who knows more than the other. So, to define a.i. as being smarter, would be to test them against humans, in some detailed test about many matters. These matters would include memory skills, speed(of the mind and body), agility, wisdom, etc. The list goes on.
About nano-assemblers. One man once stated "Its not that it is impossible. It is that we have not figured it out, yet.". Therefore, I completely agree to "Why not?".
eat much pie,
Very interesting subject about the light beam. But, about nano-assemblers, I am more so talking about nano-scale assembly lines. Automatic, programmable factories. Something along those lines.
To all,
Thank you for your great replies.
+NanoBrain+
