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HYPOTHESIS 1. “It may be to increase the efficiency of mate recognition and fusion.” http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1749461315000391 View in LinkedIn
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THE QUESTION. “Why are there most commonly two sexes? We do not know the answer to this seemingly simple question, but hypotheses abound.” https://lnkd.in/dznCAiQ View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2020-05-09 04:42:28
FRAGMENT FROM NATURE continues from last weekend and concludes this weekend on the issue of why there are at least two sexes in many species. This question has generated many hypotheses, some of which will be outlined because they are interesting in and of themselves, regardless of their veracity. View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2020-05-08 03:47:57
PASSING THE TURING TEST. “Do you think we will ever build conscious machines? I’m not sure why we would. But there is no question in my mind that we will build smart machines that can pass the Turing test well before we understand the true biological basis of human intelligence. And I think there are dangers associated with that which most people, being blithe optimists, completely ignore.” http://www.pri.org/stories/2014-06-09/scientists-are-starting-worry-about-conscious-machines-movie-transcendence View in LinkedIn
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THE ELEMENT OF EXPERIENCE. “The question Turing asked is “Can machines think?” But ultimately it’s an operational test for intelligence, not for consciousness. But the Turing test would not tell me if the machine experiences anything.” http://www.pri.org/stories/2014-06-09/scientists-are-starting-worry-about-conscious-machines-movie-transcendence View in LinkedIn
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CONSCIOUS UNIVERSE. “I think consciousness, like mass, is a fundamental property of the universe. I am not saying consciousness is a magic soul. It is something physical. Consciousness is always supervening onto the physical. But it takes a particular type of hardware to instantiate it.” http://www.pri.org/stories/2014-06-09/scientists-are-starting-worry-about-conscious-machines-movie-transcendence View in LinkedIn
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ELECTRONIC CONSCIOUSNESS. “In 100 years, you might be able to simulate consciousness on a computer. But it won’t experience anything. Nada. It will be black inside. It will have no experience whatsoever, even though it may have our intelligence and our ability to speak.” http://www.pri.org/stories/2014-06-09/scientists-are-starting-worry-about-conscious-machines-movie-transcendence View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2020-05-08 03:42:51
CONSCIOUSNESS. “I gave a lecture [last week] at MIT about Integrated Information Theory, developed by Giulio Tononi at the University of Wisconsin. This is a theory that makes a very clear prediction: it says that consciousness is a property of complex systems that have a particular “cause-effect” repertoire.” http://www.pri.org/stories/2014-06-09/scientists-are-starting-worry-about-conscious-machines-movie-transcendence View in LinkedIn