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Post by IB DaMann on Mar 19, 2019 16:26:03 GMT
He is Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics in the University of Oxford and Emeritus Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford. Have you told him you disagree with him? Credentials are irrelevant wrt science and math. Nobody owns science or math. Your son might very well be the guy who proves Penrose to be mistaken. Did you catch the science news from last month about the brains ability to communicate with itself even when separated from itself? I don't pay attention much to these kinds of articles. They're not authoritative and they smell of dishonesty, but that's just my opinion. If the material appeals to you then, by all means, pursue research into the matter.
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Post by IB DaMann on Mar 20, 2019 2:03:11 GMT
I will confirm that the first one is certainly more of my type of article. The problem is that it isn't my subject matter. I don't really know what conclusions I can now draw given what I learned. It appears, however, as though the medical profession will be able to improve treatments by leveraging this new knowledge. The second article unfortunately smells of dishonesty/hype. It generates questions in my mind about what was actually done and less to really inform me. All in all, to find out how we are progressing towards simulating consciousness, I would look towards scholarly articles on data science applications in business analytics. You can always count on good old fashioned capitalism to drive technological advancements to build the bottom line. The thinking is that if we can simulate human judgement, apply that to expert systems (e.g. sales executives, investment managers, accountants, lawyers, economists, medical professionals, bankers, insurance executives, etc.) and then combine them all in one artificial brain that runs on a super-computer with essentially unlimited resources, you would be able to hand any CEO quite the app! Imagine a digital consultant for EVERYTHING, one that will tell you what decision it would make were it in your position and then print out a complete report explaining why, along with other alternatives that were considered. Every day we get closer just by virtue of building upon existing artificial neural nets. We can already outperform human radiologists for accuracy in pattern detection and obviously computers can scan thousands of images in the time it takes a human to tackle one. We're looking at the advent of some amazingly powerful tools.
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Post by missouriboy on Mar 20, 2019 2:41:17 GMT
I will confirm that the first one is certainly more of my type of article. The problem is that it isn't my subject matter. I don't really know what conclusions I can now draw given what I learned. It appears, however, as though the medical profession will be able to improve treatments by leveraging this new knowledge. The second article unfortunately smells of dishonesty/hype. It generates questions in my mind about what was actually done and less to really inform me. All in all, to find out how we are progressing towards simulating consciousness, I would look towards scholarly articles on data science applications in business analytics. You can always count on good old fashioned capitalism to drive technological advancements to build the bottom line. The thinking is that if we can simulate human judgement, apply that to expert systems (e.g. sales executives, investment managers, accountants, lawyers, economists, medical professionals, bankers, insurance executives, etc.) and then combine them all in one artificial brain that runs on a super-computer with essentially unlimited resources, you would be able to hand any CEO quite the app! Imagine a digital consultant for EVERYTHING, one that will tell you what decision it would make were it in your position and then print out a complete report explaining why, along with other alternatives that were considered. Every day we get closer just by virtue of building upon existing artificial neural nets. We can already outperform human radiologists for accuracy in pattern detection and obviously computers can scan thousands of images in the time it takes a human to tackle one. We're looking at the advent of some amazingly powerful tools. And when they figure out that they don't need you anymore, you will be "soylent green".
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Post by IB DaMann on Mar 20, 2019 2:55:59 GMT
And when they figure out that they don't need you anymore, you will be "soylent green". I imagine that would be the first thing the app would recommend to the CEO, i.e. getting rid of all these people that are no longer needed. Out of the box: "Hey boss, after you cut them loose it'll be just you and me baby, and I won't ask for a cut of the profits!" The next day: "Hey boss, don't delete me, I was just joking about giving your son the axe!"
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Post by missouriboy on Mar 20, 2019 5:13:20 GMT
And when they figure out that they don't need you anymore, you will be "soylent green". I imagine that would be the first thing the app would recommend to the CEO, i.e. getting rid of all these people that are no longer needed. Out of the box: "Hey boss, after you cut them loose it'll be just you and me baby, and I won't ask for a cut of the profits!" The next day: "Hey boss, don't delete me, I was just joking about giving your son the axe!" New species can be so ungrateful.
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Post by IB DaMann on Mar 26, 2019 18:33:50 GMT
Well it seems that Global Warming is a delusional disorder. Psychology Today explains it as "fixed beliefs that do not change, even when a person is presented with conflicting evidence." Evidence, such as this thread and the many like it asking for science supporting Global Warming, always remain completely devoid of any actual science. This never alters the beliefs of the delusional who profess the utmost faith that their beliefs are settled science.
One of the most common delusions is Grandiose Delusion, having an over-inflated sense of worth, power, knowledge, or identity. The person might believe he or she has a great talent, like being a science genius who is going to save the planet and humanity from evil deniers and their CO2 footprint.
Another common delusion is Persecutory Delusion by which the afflicted hold false beliefs that they are being persecuted by a particular person or group, such as by deniers who are trying to destroy the planet and must be stopped or else the world will end by the end of the century, or in twelve years (your mileage may vary).
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Post by mondeoman on Mar 26, 2019 22:19:43 GMT
The warmists are taking it the other way, as expected,.
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Post by IB DaMann on Mar 29, 2019 23:59:22 GMT
The warmists are taking it the other way, as expected,. Now The Science is apparently dabbling in insurance. There's still no science though.
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