Technic and Spiritus
"the question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim."
- edsger dijkstra
Although we process information, we do not do it the way that computers do.” Even to ask the question, he argues, of “whether a computer has captured the essence of human reason is a diversion, if not a trap, because the real question — do humans understand the essence of humans? — cannot be answered or resolved by technology.”
Abeba Birhane • Fair Warning — Real Life
i think AI should be an acronym for “Automated Inference” rather than “Artificial Intelligence”.
Artificial intelligence to me feels like an oxymoron or an incoherent notion because for me intelligence is always situated as a relationship between an affectively driven and intentionally oriented organic body and its environment. In this sense a
... See moreWe got AI generated scripture now, ive been pushed AI generated Book of Enoch content that literally says nonsense unrelated to the book. And my buddy came home with an AI generated copy of the gnostic gospels sourced from a bad booksale. -Trent Miller
“One of the most obvious features that characterises any technology is its in-betweeness.“ -Luciano Floridi
To 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬, is to be inhabited by an abstract logic unmovingly progressing towards its completion. One is tempted to say it is to be haunted, but specters being reflections of memories and desires, while the Intellect actualizes without a proper end, the latter has no land to haunt, no castle in which to roam. Thinking, understood not as a byproduct
... See more“We have to imagine something that doesn’t exist, carve intentionally into the future, and demand a space for hope…Let’s imagine a world where nature and technology collaborate”-Björk, Manifesto
If “intelligence” means abstract thought, then it would be foolish to think that plants are engaging in it. But if it means merely the ability to solve problems or adapt to a particular environment, then it’s difficult to say that plants are not capable of intelligence. If “consciousness” denotes self-awareness in the strongest sense of the word,
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