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Authored by: PolR on Friday, July 20 2012 @ 10:01 AM EDT |
We don't know whether the chemical reactions in a human brain are algorithms. It
is quite possible that when the mechanisms are worked out we find they are not
analogous to computers at all. But maybe they are. For now we don't know.
I can uphold that people routinely execute thought processes for which there is
no known mathematical algorithm because they require decisions based on
semantics and an element of discretionary judgment. Legal processes to resolve
disputes are an example. The consequences of this fact on computer programming
are very real. These thought processes cannot be replicated by a computer. We
may speculate that in some future we will find a way but for now this is the
current state of technology.
The limitations of the computer hardware are real. There is no component we
could use in a computer which understand semantics. Mathematical algorithms are
required to work around this limitation.
I find interesting this argument showing that the computer can understand
semantics amounts to showing that they analogous to chemical reactions in a
human brains. What does that do to the notion that software is an abstract idea?
What does that do to the notion that software is Speech?
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Authored by: Imaginos1892 on Friday, July 20 2012 @ 02:35 PM EDT |
There are also humans that don't stop when they see a STOP
sign. Most of us call them idiots.
When a computer is programmed to issue a "stop" command
when it processes an image of a red octagon with "STOP"
in white letters, IT HAS NO CHOICE. A human does. In some
cases, that fact can be unfortunate.
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