Ongoing technical advances across a range of research communities indicate that machines are now able to access this information, but the extent to which this is possible and the consequent implications have not been well explored. We begin by highlighting the urgency of asking this question, and ...
To understand ourselves better, we can try to build machines that mimic our abilities. In doing so, we would have a mechanistic understanding of those machines. And the more of our behaviour the machine exhibits, the closer we might be to having a mechanisticexplanationof our own minds. This...
But in some quarters it is taken for granted that within a generation, human beings-including you, if you can hang on for another 30 years or so-will have an alternative to death: being a ghost in a machine. You'll be able to upload your mind-your thoughts, memories, and personality...
“Inourcomputerage,somepeoplebelievethatwedon?thavetoteachspellingbecausewe havespellchecks,”shesaid.“Butuntilachildhasafunctionalspellingabilityofaboutafifth gradelevel,theywon?thavetheknowledgetochoosethecorrectspellingamongtheoptionsgiven 高中英语 选择性必修 第二册 第31页 31 bythecomputer.” ( )5.W...
can machines be conscious 下载积分:1000 内容提示: Wries, and personality—to a computer. And once you’ve reduced your consciousness to patterns of electrons, others will be able to copy it, edit it, sell it, or pirate it. It might be bundled with other electronic minds. And, of ...
you will like. However, this cannot be correctly interpreted as reading your mind. What I mean by actually “reading your mind” is the computer interpreting your thoughts even before you can vocalize it aloud. The question, therefore, is do machines have the ability to decipher human thought...
There was a silence as this awkward truth sank into the lads’ minds. “Okay; we’ll just have to do it again next Saturday,” said Mike. “The marks will have gone by then.” Ollie just nodded; but his brain was racing. How long would cane-marks take to fade completely? If he ...
The engineers at IBM think people will soon be able to control many electronic equipments simply by using their minds. They say people will soon have a way to just think about calling or emailing someone in order to make it happen. Another thing that will happen is a way for people to ...
Minds and Machines, 21. The United States Supreme Court has ruled that genetically engineered strains of bacteria are a product of “non-naturally occurring manufacture and composition of matter” and may be patented. Morowitz, Mayonnaise and the Origin of Life, 117. Lycan, Consciousness, 126. ...
Youcan'tjust wear any clothes if you're going there — you have to dress very smartly. 如果你去那里,你不能穿着普普通通的衣服,你必须穿得很整齐漂亮. 《简明英汉词典》 Shecan'tcome to the telephone; she's serving a client. 她不能来接电话, 她正在接待一位顾客. ...