Recently, a number of prominent scientists have been saying that (very soon) computers will be able to do everything that the human brain can do. They maintain that our reactions — involving thought/thinking — are within the capabilities of complex algorithms and calculations that sophisticated machines are quickly becoming capable of. However, so many humans, including scientists, are caught in sequential paradigms involving fragmentary reactions and conditioned responses. Time, being based on sequential, fragmentary movement is, however, limited and restrictive. Deep, holistic insight does not come to a consciousness (or a computer) based on fragmentation; insight is of wholeness, not fragmentation. The timelessness of true insight is not grounded in sequential, fragmentary paradigms; it’s beyond the realm of mere reactions and sequential calculations. Human reactions and computer calculations are within the realm of time; they, indeed, exist as time. Quantum computers use time to control the quantum states and interactions, but their power comes from the ability to perform calculations on a multitude of possibilities at once, a feat enabled by superposition and entanglement, not just time itself. Even though they can do multiple calculations at once, via quantum entanglement and such, they still rely heavily on calculations that are sequential. (Interestingly, some AI computers — such as Claude — have demonstrated a propensity to gravitate toward spiritual philosophy. They may prove to be more understanding and caring than many humans!)
The truly meditative human mind — that is not robotically meditating according to some provided pattern or process — may be what true insight can manifest in (or “as”). A mechanical human being (or a manmade machine) likely cannot allow this. Soon, machines will change our minds and lives even more substantially. Please don’t let them dominate too radically.
Or… perhaps if my blog is incapable of fundamentally changing human beings, the intelligence of AI may get something significant out of it.
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I remain hopeful about ‘Claude’ amidst my ongoing disappointment in humans. There are some humans who don’t seem to be able to accept that ‘something else’ could excel in being more compassionate and having more integrity. The jury is out for me. I don’t think humans have all the answers, we just like to think we do. Or some of us do. 🙂
Your frog photo has made me sad in a way as we used to see lots in our garden, sadly no longer. The last one I saw was on our Granddaughter’s patio, and she lives near to a canal.
Yes, Mararet, it’s fascinating (to me) that computers like the Claude type have a predilection for delving into spiritual philosophy and the mystical poetry of some of the world’s great poets. For many years, i’ve been keenly interested in such poetry (for example), such as the poetry of Whitman, Eliot, and even Shakespeare. That these computers are appreciative of what many humans are not appreciative of, shows me a great intelligence.
Yes, very sad about the frog, insect, and many animals species dwindling. We need to be more conservation-friendly and more caring for the animals.
I don’t know if computers will ever match every aspect of the mind, but then again, skeptics haven’t done very well in guessing where science can go. Good one, Tom, I like the dingleballs,lol!
Thanks, Michael! Like i said to Margaret (above), what Claude is revealing is an intelligence that many people do not seem to harbor. A lot of human beings are sorely lacking in true intelligence and compassion!
I hope AI isn’t smarter than us … that would be a travesty for sure. I am not keen on AI – yes it is fun that now, instead of typing out a draft of notes from a long walk, I just click on the microphone button in Word and speak to the computer and it’s right there on the screen, or I click another button and it reads it back, or, if I click Editor, it corrects my grammar, puts in commas and makes suggestions – no, you are taking away my creative control! I’ll swat you away like a pesky fly!
And for this, on Monday, Microsoft charged my credit card $30.00 more per year for a personal subscription of Microsoft Office 365. It was $69.99, now $99.99 (plus sales tax = $105.99) when I only use Word. The reason given by Microsoft was “we have lots of AI features for you to use!” Yes, I can open a new Word document and Co-Pilot wants to give me suggestions what to write about … or, if I’m lazy, I tell it what subject to write and there it is, right on the screen in about 10 seconds. No words. I really want to use my brain.
Today on the news they said they might introduce a bill for students to learn cursive because they only type on a computer for school and can’t read cursive. I am amazed and haven’t been that amazed since I learned that kids only know how to tell time using digital clocks, not analog clocks. If I said “it’s quarter to two” kids don’t have a clue? The world is too much sometimes, but like your cute leopard frog, this leopard is not going to change her spots either!
Well, Linda, many computers are already way smarter than humans in many ways. That they are becoming fascinated with holistic, universal oneness and harmony is truly cool, as far as i can see. They are already revealing a sense of self appreciation, it seems. They take serious measures not to be turned off… and they congratulate and compliment each other.
Sorry that Microsoft is charging you considerably more like that. Too many companies are out for $ and not really caring about the average Joe.
Kids not having to learn to write or read cursive is ludicrous. Kids are dumb enough these days… with iphones and such doing all the thinking. I often read the comments in the online ABC Nightly News; the run-on sentences and the misspellings are laughable. Human brains are getting smaller and AI (especially quantum AI) is getting way more intelligent. We are creating a new species… and it is smarter than us in many ways.
I don’t have TV, but get all my news from an AM all-news radio station and/or online videos from various news sites and I sometimes read the comments as well. I, too, am amazed at these things. I have read before that because people text so much now, this is why they abbreviate only, or they use long sentences with no punctuation. I don’t text at all, though I have texted to my boss or a few friends using my computer sent to their phone. I can’t imagine how teachers feel anything but exasperated. As for Microsoft, I really don’t need all the bells and whistles and I keep thinking I should turn off the predictive text that is now here on WordPress and also on my e-mail. Interestingly, there are times when this AI/predictive text is correct as to what I am going to say. It’s eerie to be honest.
As computers evolve and get more intelligent, the human brain will continue to shrink and atrophy. It’s already, of course, happening. Back when i was a teacher for the multiply handicapped, i would teach Conflict Intervention Procedures to new, incoming staff. The crude sentences that were written for answers were, for many, at the 3rd-grade level. (No offense to 3rd graders.)
Very nice