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  • G greatM

    are humans self aware ?

    manoj sharma 09313603665 manoj.great@yahoo.com

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    BupeChombaDerrick
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    Yeah humans are self aware, why do you think they are not?

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    • G greatM

      are humans self aware ?

      manoj sharma 09313603665 manoj.great@yahoo.com

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      Luc Pattyn
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      Yes, most of them are. One probably needs to be to ask such question. :)

      Luc Pattyn [My Articles] Nil Volentibus Arduum

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      • I ii_noname_ii

        Are you self aware? OR is it just an illusion caused by all these signals wizzing around in that big chunk of meat in your skull? :P Is an ant self aware? A fish? A human?

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        BupeChombaDerrick
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        I think any living thing is self aware, i think anything with short term memory that can keep track of its actions or learn from them is aware of it's existence.

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        • Y YvesDaoust

          Why are you convinced that people around you are self-aware ? Because you constantly Turing-test them for this feature, and they appear to behave as if they were self-aware. An accurate simulator will achieve that level of perfomance. The same holds for 'consciousness'.

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          BupeChombaDerrick
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          Well i think people are self aware as anything that possesses self monitoring and a short term memory, so in this case it's not the Turing test i'am using,it's an assumption, but that's a good insight you have there.

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          • B Bernhard Hiller

            Buy some books written by Stanislaw Lem, and have a lot fun while thinking over his stories!

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            BupeChombaDerrick
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            I do just that, for fun :)

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            • B BupeChombaDerrick

              Hey guys & ladies (to be gender insensitive), a theoretical thought, if a computer program simulates the human brain very accurately, does that make the program self - aware?

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              Dimitrios Kalemis
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              Hi, BupeChombaDerrick. Great question and I have to add that I admire your insightful thinking. Since the human brain is self-aware and that particular computer program simulates it *very accurately*, then, of course, that computer program will be self-aware, too. So, the answer is yes. The computer program will be self-aware, have emotions, etc.

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              • B BupeChombaDerrick

                Yeah humans are self aware, why do you think they are not?

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                greatM
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                if v r self aware then what is our purpose for being here? every program has a purpose.

                a beautiful signature

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                • P Paulo_JCG

                  I think it is possible for the machine to "think" (if we consider "think" a process of reasoning). We already have that... But i don't see human kind creating a machine that can feel emotions in the foreseeable future. I think it would be extremely cruel of us to create such a "Frankenstein".

                  Paulo Gomes Over and Out :D

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                  BupeChombaDerrick
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                  Yeah it can be cruel, but i'am sure our future generations can suppress those emotions in the machine and hence can be very helpful, like we are seeing with Apple's Siri.

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                  • M mwicks1968

                    No http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emperor%27s_New_Mind[^]

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                    why no? any support for that answer?

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                    • D Dimitrios Kalemis

                      Hi, BupeChombaDerrick. Great question and I have to add that I admire your insightful thinking. Since the human brain is self-aware and that particular computer program simulates it *very accurately*, then, of course, that computer program will be self-aware, too. So, the answer is yes. The computer program will be self-aware, have emotions, etc.

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                      BupeChombaDerrick
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                      Thanks Dimitrios Kalemis,

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                      • R Roger Wright

                        BupeChombaDerrick wrote:

                        There is no computations in sewer systems and no memory whatsoever so i don't see a sewer ever becoming self aware.

                        Do you really think that replication algorithms in complex organic molecules and organisms are not computations, or that the chemical soup (called "liquor" in the sewer industry) does not retain memory? Intelligent life arose from just such a soup, and I suspect that you have far more to fear from the manholes on your street than the desktop in your office. ;)

                        Will Rogers never met me.

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                        Roger Wright wrote:

                        you have far more to fear from the manholes on your street than the desktop in your office.

                        I have been told they hide bees sometimes. :)

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                        • L Lost User

                          What does that have to do with computers becoming self-aware? As I said before you cannot compare the two, a computer is nothing at all like a brain.

                          Binding 100,000 items to a list box can be just silly regardless of what pattern you are following. Jeremy Likness

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                          Yes for now one cannot compare the computer to the human brain, but in the future there will be need to do just that, especially when the Fifth generation computers fitted with sensory processing programs come into existence, anything with self monitoring capability and short term memory is self aware, so a program that can monitor and keep track (learn) of it's actions is self aware, so short term memory as something to do with self awareness, I respect your view on this matter, but my stance is that self aware is as a result of mere self monitoring and keeping a log of actions (learn) in a knowledge base. :)

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                            And when they get offended .. nah! the hell :laugh:

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                            funny huh :laugh: it seems we have been hurting programs feeling without ever noticing, in the future even robots will have rights, so tell your child to be ready for such issues.

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                            • B BupeChombaDerrick

                              why no? any support for that answer?

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                              mwicks1968
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                              Sorry, I was suggesting you check out the book in the attached link to support my suggestion ;-)

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                              • B BupeChombaDerrick

                                Yes for now one cannot compare the computer to the human brain, but in the future there will be need to do just that, especially when the Fifth generation computers fitted with sensory processing programs come into existence, anything with self monitoring capability and short term memory is self aware, so a program that can monitor and keep track (learn) of it's actions is self aware, so short term memory as something to do with self awareness, I respect your view on this matter, but my stance is that self aware is as a result of mere self monitoring and keeping a log of actions (learn) in a knowledge base. :)

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                                BupeChombaDerrick wrote:

                                so a program that can monitor and keep track (learn) of it's actions is self aware

                                No it isn't, it's just a program, and it's no more self-aware than a tin of baked beans.

                                Binding 100,000 items to a list box can be just silly regardless of what pattern you are following. Jeremy Likness

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                                  BupeChombaDerrick wrote:

                                  so a program that can monitor and keep track (learn) of it's actions is self aware

                                  No it isn't, it's just a program, and it's no more self-aware than a tin of baked beans.

                                  Binding 100,000 items to a list box can be just silly regardless of what pattern you are following. Jeremy Likness

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                                  BupeChombaDerrick
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                                  so in your own opinion, what causes self aware in humans?

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                                  • M mwicks1968

                                    Sorry, I was suggesting you check out the book in the attached link to support my suggestion ;-)

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                                    BupeChombaDerrick
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                                    or my bad.

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                                    • M mwicks1968

                                      Sorry, I was suggesting you check out the book in the attached link to support my suggestion ;-)

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                                      BupeChombaDerrick
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                                      So do neurons in the brain use some form of quantum computations or they just fire action potentials to signal the presence of a particular feature in sensory stimuli? - that process of firing action potential makes us aware of ourselves and the environment. I don't see any quantum processes coming into play here.

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                                      • G greatM

                                        if v r self aware then what is our purpose for being here? every program has a purpose.

                                        a beautiful signature

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                                        BupeChombaDerrick
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                                        I think my purpose is to live as long as possible, leave a good legacy behind and enjoy life to the fullest or and reproduce :laugh: so does having a purpose make one self aware?

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                                        • Y YvesDaoust

                                          Why are you convinced that people around you are self-aware ? Because you constantly Turing-test them for this feature, and they appear to behave as if they were self-aware. An accurate simulator will achieve that level of perfomance. The same holds for 'consciousness'.

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                                          BupeChombaDerrick
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                                          so What makes you think i'am not just a program now? - you might be replying to a program right now. :)

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