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A.I
Artificial Intelligence is evolving. All the time. And what with technology evolving along with it, we could very soon see "consciousness" in computers.
The problem with that being that it could be classed as a living thing, despite being electronical. What we have to do though is define the difference between Living Things and A.I.
How would you do that? Tricky, especially considering what we may very well be seeing in the future. The way I define it, something is living if it is capable of independent thought. Humans are capable of independent thought, that makes us living. Apes are capable of independent thought, that makes them living. All animals are capable of independent thought, that's why they are classed as living things.
Plants are a bit of an exception by my definition. There is no doubt in my mind that plants are living things, but do they have a brain? Err... I'm not too sure, I don't think they have. But seeing as I'm pretty sure they don't, surely they can't be capable of independent thought? Well... They aren't. They aren't capable of independent thought seeing as they don't have a noggin. But they do comply with the Mrs. Gren rule. Movement, Respiration, Sensitivity, Growth, Reproduction, Excretion and Nutrition. So, despite not having a brain and not thinking independently, they ARE living things.
But what about A.I? At the moment computers AREN'T living things. Even if they do have a very advanced level of A.I. No matter how advanced, A.I can't be a living thing until it has broken the boundaries of being programmed to react to things and the like. Even though it may learn new things and show emotion, it still isn't living. It's been programmed to learn new things; it's been programmed to show emotion. When A.I crosses the border and becomes a living thing is when they break their programming and evolve. In short, when they are capable of independent thought.
When that happens, computers will be able to be classed as living things. If they can think for themselves and NOT BE PROGRAMMED to think for themselves, that's when they cross the boundary into the realms of life. That's when turning them off will see you in court for murder or manslaughter. And that's when Computers will be given rights. Rights to vote and the such. And when they will be given the Law System. What age can they have sex (Fibre Optic Cable to share files :-D), what age can they drink (Download stuff that scrambles their circuits, eventually achieving the state of computer drunkenness… I’ve been reading too much Red Dwarf :-D) and what age can they drive? (Play driving sims :-D).
It'll be a crazy mucked up world if and when computers become living things. Now, I'm going to go and come up with an alibi for the manslaughter of my iMac. Goodbye.
RBS: Evading the Law.
:-D
Artificial Intelligence is evolving. All the time. And what with technology evolving along with it, we could very soon see "consciousness" in computers.
The problem with that being that it could be classed as a living thing, despite being electronical. What we have to do though is define the difference between Living Things and A.I.
How would you do that? Tricky, especially considering what we may very well be seeing in the future. The way I define it, something is living if it is capable of independent thought. Humans are capable of independent thought, that makes us living. Apes are capable of independent thought, that makes them living. All animals are capable of independent thought, that's why they are classed as living things.
Plants are a bit of an exception by my definition. There is no doubt in my mind that plants are living things, but do they have a brain? Err... I'm not too sure, I don't think they have. But seeing as I'm pretty sure they don't, surely they can't be capable of independent thought? Well... They aren't. They aren't capable of independent thought seeing as they don't have a noggin. But they do comply with the Mrs. Gren rule. Movement, Respiration, Sensitivity, Growth, Reproduction, Excretion and Nutrition. So, despite not having a brain and not thinking independently, they ARE living things.
But what about A.I? At the moment computers AREN'T living things. Even if they do have a very advanced level of A.I. No matter how advanced, A.I can't be a living thing until it has broken the boundaries of being programmed to react to things and the like. Even though it may learn new things and show emotion, it still isn't living. It's been programmed to learn new things; it's been programmed to show emotion. When A.I crosses the border and becomes a living thing is when they break their programming and evolve. In short, when they are capable of independent thought.
When that happens, computers will be able to be classed as living things. If they can think for themselves and NOT BE PROGRAMMED to think for themselves, that's when they cross the boundary into the realms of life. That's when turning them off will see you in court for murder or manslaughter. And that's when Computers will be given rights. Rights to vote and the such. And when they will be given the Law System. What age can they have sex (Fibre Optic Cable to share files :-D), what age can they drink (Download stuff that scrambles their circuits, eventually achieving the state of computer drunkenness… I’ve been reading too much Red Dwarf :-D) and what age can they drive? (Play driving sims :-D).
It'll be a crazy mucked up world if and when computers become living things. Now, I'm going to go and come up with an alibi for the manslaughter of my iMac. Goodbye.
RBS: Evading the Law.
:-D
Computers will NEVER have consiousness in their current state.
Why? Simple:
Consiousness has nothing to do with "doing actions". It's about "feeling actions". I have consious not because I think for myself and do stuff accordingly, but because I feel whether my actions are good or bad, right or wrong. And that's not a logical process of "does this help people: yes/no?", it's a feeling of "that's good!".
Computers, as they stand, cannot do that. They can only process data, but not feel for themselves what action to take. When they're at the fork in the road, do they go left or right? We humans just feel like going one way. A computer would have to generate a random number, and base it's decision on that.
The only way computers will possess consiousness is for them to have a new architecture developed: neural nets may be one answer.
Sonic
Why? Simple:
Consiousness has nothing to do with "doing actions". It's about "feeling actions". I have consious not because I think for myself and do stuff accordingly, but because I feel whether my actions are good or bad, right or wrong. And that's not a logical process of "does this help people: yes/no?", it's a feeling of "that's good!".
Computers, as they stand, cannot do that. They can only process data, but not feel for themselves what action to take. When they're at the fork in the road, do they go left or right? We humans just feel like going one way. A computer would have to generate a random number, and base it's decision on that.
The only way computers will possess consiousness is for them to have a new architecture developed: neural nets may be one answer.
Sonic
It'll be interesting how far emotions go in this generation...
The computer might favour you depending on how it's feeling. It might shout encouragement or yell at you when you cheat.
Ofcourse, it has the ability to cheat to...
Wouldn't it be funny if while your friend was pummeling a five year old at Tekken, so the computer decides to even things up by lending the five year old a "hand"...
The computer might favour you depending on how it's feeling. It might shout encouragement or yell at you when you cheat.
Ofcourse, it has the ability to cheat to...
Wouldn't it be funny if while your friend was pummeling a five year old at Tekken, so the computer decides to even things up by lending the five year old a "hand"...
A.I
Artificial Intelligence is evolving. All the time. And what with technology evolving along with it, we could very soon see "consciousness" in computers.
The problem with that being that it could be classed as a living thing, despite being electronical. What we have to do though is define the difference between Living Things and A.I.
How would you do that? Tricky, especially considering what we may very well be seeing in the future. The way I define it, something is living if it is capable of independent thought. Humans are capable of independent thought, that makes us living. Apes are capable of independent thought, that makes them living. All animals are capable of independent thought, that's why they are classed as living things.
Plants are a bit of an exception by my definition. There is no doubt in my mind that plants are living things, but do they have a brain? Err... I'm not too sure, I don't think they have. But seeing as I'm pretty sure they don't, surely they can't be capable of independent thought? Well... They aren't. They aren't capable of independent thought seeing as they don't have a noggin. But they do comply with the Mrs. Gren rule. Movement, Respiration, Sensitivity, Growth, Reproduction, Excretion and Nutrition. So, despite not having a brain and not thinking independently, they ARE living things.
But what about A.I? At the moment computers AREN'T living things. Even if they do have a very advanced level of A.I. No matter how advanced, A.I can't be a living thing until it has broken the boundaries of being programmed to react to things and the like. Even though it may learn new things and show emotion, it still isn't living. It's been programmed to learn new things; it's been programmed to show emotion. When A.I crosses the border and becomes a living thing is when they break their programming and evolve. In short, when they are capable of independent thought.
When that happens, computers will be able to be classed as living things. If they can think for themselves and NOT BE PROGRAMMED to think for themselves, that's when they cross the boundary into the realms of life. That's when turning them off will see you in court for murder or manslaughter. And that's when Computers will be given rights. Rights to vote and the such. And when they will be given the Law System. What age can they have sex (Fibre Optic Cable to share files :-D), what age can they drink (Download stuff that scrambles their circuits, eventually achieving the state of computer drunkenness… I’ve been reading too much Red Dwarf :-D) and what age can they drive? (Play driving sims :-D).
It'll be a crazy mucked up world if and when computers become living things. Now, I'm going to go and come up with an alibi for the manslaughter of my iMac. Goodbye.
RBS: Evading the Law.
:-D
Artificial Intelligence is evolving. All the time. And what with technology evolving along with it, we could very soon see "consciousness" in computers.
The problem with that being that it could be classed as a living thing, despite being electronical. What we have to do though is define the difference between Living Things and A.I.
How would you do that? Tricky, especially considering what we may very well be seeing in the future. The way I define it, something is living if it is capable of independent thought. Humans are capable of independent thought, that makes us living. Apes are capable of independent thought, that makes them living. All animals are capable of independent thought, that's why they are classed as living things.
Plants are a bit of an exception by my definition. There is no doubt in my mind that plants are living things, but do they have a brain? Err... I'm not too sure, I don't think they have. But seeing as I'm pretty sure they don't, surely they can't be capable of independent thought? Well... They aren't. They aren't capable of independent thought seeing as they don't have a noggin. But they do comply with the Mrs. Gren rule. Movement, Respiration, Sensitivity, Growth, Reproduction, Excretion and Nutrition. So, despite not having a brain and not thinking independently, they ARE living things.
But what about A.I? At the moment computers AREN'T living things. Even if they do have a very advanced level of A.I. No matter how advanced, A.I can't be a living thing until it has broken the boundaries of being programmed to react to things and the like. Even though it may learn new things and show emotion, it still isn't living. It's been programmed to learn new things; it's been programmed to show emotion. When A.I crosses the border and becomes a living thing is when they break their programming and evolve. In short, when they are capable of independent thought.
When that happens, computers will be able to be classed as living things. If they can think for themselves and NOT BE PROGRAMMED to think for themselves, that's when they cross the boundary into the realms of life. That's when turning them off will see you in court for murder or manslaughter. And that's when Computers will be given rights. Rights to vote and the such. And when they will be given the Law System. What age can they have sex (Fibre Optic Cable to share files :-D), what age can they drink (Download stuff that scrambles their circuits, eventually achieving the state of computer drunkenness… I’ve been reading too much Red Dwarf :-D) and what age can they drive? (Play driving sims :-D).
It'll be a crazy mucked up world if and when computers become living things. Now, I'm going to go and come up with an alibi for the manslaughter of my iMac. Goodbye.
RBS: Evading the Law.
:-D