Intelligence and Humanity. Who would have thunk it...

Hello again party goers,

Here I am again writing another blog for my Electronic Communications class at NDSU. This time around we are looking at the question: "Can human thought be replaced by machine?"

I do believe that a machine can replicate anything to the extent that it is programmed, meaning that if it were programmed to replicate human thought patterns then it could definitely do a good job at fooling someone for at least a little while. I do not believe that a machine can actually create human thoughts, however, to the extent that most human beings are capable, simply because, although a computer can move extremely fast, it doesn't improvise or understand obscure references to forms of media and entertainment. The example in "Computing Machinery and Intelligence", when they give different questions to a computer, which then creates slight pauses to imply human thought process, answers the questions correctly in every instance. If a machine would really be able to replicate human thoughts, then it would also have to replicate error, which it would then have to be taught. For that matter, a computer also probably couldn't provide such thoughts that deal with emotion, except for the replicating of another beings expressions. I am of course talking of cybernetic organisms, versus the programs that are created to replicate human interaction with computers, for which my class recently watched a video on Google Tech Talk.

Anyways, I do love this type of subject matter, although I am freaked out a little by the thought that a computer, cyborg, or even a program can replicate myself to the extent that nobody would even recognize who they are talking too. On the other hand, I do enjoy the luxuries that are created by the uses of computers everyday, and if one day they decide to use me for a power source like in the Matrix, then I'll catch to hell with it I'll catch you guys on the flip side watching my horror films until then. By the way check out "Grindhouse" if it is the last thing you ever do.