Man as Chinese Room
Wrapping up this series on the so-called strong artificial intelligence with a closer look at Prof. Searle’s arguments.
Topical, Computers, Philosophy
consciousness
Topical, Computers, Philosophy
Minds as Machine Intelligence
Is Turing Test enough of a test to detect consciousness in machines? Prof. Searle proves that it is not. I beg to differ.
Topical, Computers, Philosophy
Problem of Other Minds
How do you know other people have minds as you do? It is an unsolved problem in philosophy – the Problem of Other Minds. Before asking the question whether computers could have minds, we have to address this problem. Otherwise, how would we know even if computers actually had minds?
Philosophy, Topical, Computers
Brains and Computers
Could our brains be computer hardware and minds be software running on them? Could computers have consciousness and intelligence? Could they have minds? If they had minds, how would we know?
Creative, Books
The Age of Spiritual Machines by Ray Kurzweil
The Age of Spiritual Machines, an insightful book, forces us to rethink what we mean by intelligence and consciousness, not merely at a technological level, but at a philosophical level.
Life and Death
Death of a Parent
Death is as much a part of life as birth. Anything that has a beginning has an end. So why do we grieve?
Philosophy, Books
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, reviewed here more from a philosophical rather than a literary perspective.