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>From: millerjx@ucunix.san.uc.edu (Justin W. Miller)
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Subject: AI
Summary: Inorganic vs. Organic
Keywords: ai,organic,inorganic,philosophy,artificial intelligence
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While I am new to this group, I would like to toss a few bones into the crowd.
Though I know little of neural networks and the like, this is
comp.ai.philosophy, not technical talk...so here goes. Oh-- Please respond in
some way on this board so I can see if this is working (again, I am new).

 Inorganic vs. Organic
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Eventually, when working in AI, one must come to the understanding that we are
products of our environment (to purloin a phrase). The organic being is simply
a mass of the residual matter it has consumed (in one way or another). Thus,
the brain, being organic-molecule in structure, has a finite capability for all
operations the mind is known to perform (no extra-dimensional space). While the
actual memory provided by the organic structure may be enormous in comparison
to inorganic memory, there is a definite touch-point here.

Of the many possible theories as to how the brain actually processes
information, an inorganic emulation can be performed with AI, regardless of the
theory of organic thought. This can best be done using the cause/effect method.
All transpiring mental processes that we are aware of, in this method, are the
only ones that matter. As such, there are ways an AI can emulate our thoughts:
starting with basic stimuli, an AI could develop (more later on development),
learn, and still retain its integrity as an inorganic being. Agreeably, this is
much more complex than 1+1, but it is (as I see it) the basis of life. As I
collect my thoughts, I will explain more of this theory some time soon.


