Be passionate about the territory, not the map
Which is more fundamental to the world: Mathematics or Science? Are the mutually exclusive? Is there somethings such as particles and forces in maths and differentiation and squareroot in physics?
I think that maths are science are ultimate a type...
Before starting writing about Why AI is dead, I'd like to invite a few comments on "Is AI really dead?". Today, in my view, I don't see any breakthrough research going on. I no more sumble across programs which can create poetry, can chat effectively...
I was reading GEB last night, wherein the author asked: "Can you imagine your non-existance?". I think the question is very deep in a philosophical sense. How can you see yourself non-existing? For that you have to exist. That's a paradox.
But ...
Samir Kumar in one of his comments asked:
"Why does man want to go to the next level? Why does he want to succeed? Why the greed? Couldn't he survive successfully before inventing machines? Couldn't he provide himself all needed pleasures witho...
Since consiousness cannot be verified to be present in a machine therefore machine can ever be conscious but definitely it can aim to achieve something near about this consciousness. Let us call that state “Critical Consciousness�. Thus th...
The consciousness is not absolute but it is relative. The consciousness is how we perceive the world and respond to it. You are conscious because you feel your presence in the world through the environment’s reaction. Do you think a fish is consci...
Can consiousness arise in machines or software??? Is consiousness inherent in biology or just a bi-product of complex patterns modelled by the brain?? Are ants consious of thier existance??
Well my theory of consiousness goes something like this:...
The law of Consciousness
Consider that you want to code software which is conscious. Then there is no method through which you can verify that the software is conscious. This is because of mind-body problem. Even if the software considers itself a...
Evolution is a balance of two oppossing forces: 1. One wants diversification of life 2. Second wants the preservation of the best creature
The goal of the evolution is thr produce better and better creatures with time. But new better creatur...
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