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<H3>Tutorial on the Mentifex Theory of Mind</H3>
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Hearing Vision Concepts Volition Emotion Motor Output
/iiiiiii\ /!i!i!i!\ /YYYYYYYYYYYY\
| ||||||| || ||||||| | T | |||||||||||| |
| ||||||| || | ___ | | + | |||||||||||| |
| ||||||| || / \ | + | |S|||||||||| |
| ||||||| || (image)-|---+_ | |H|||||||||| |
| ||||||| || \___/ | / \ | |A|||||||||| |
| ||||||| || | (idea) __ | |K|||||||||| |
| | ||||| || | \__/---------------/ \ | |E|||R|||||| |
| |d------||---------|---+ ____ (fear)-|--*|||U|||||| |
| ||||o|| || | +-------/ \----\__/ | |||||N|||P|| |
| ||g|||| || | + / de- \---------|------*|||E|| |
| || |||| || | + ( ci- ) | |||||||||T|| |
| ||||||| || | + \ sion /---------|----------*|| |
| ||||||| || | + \____/ | |||||||||||| |
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<A NAME="AudChan1"><H4>The Auditory Memory Channel</H4></A>
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In diagrams of the Mentifex mind-model for AI as shown above, the<BR>
auditory memory channel contains words as phonemic strings, but<BR>
not the concepts named by the words. Instead, a word of language<BR>
when stored in the auditory memory channel serves as a coded key<BR>
for access to a concept residing in the abstract, semantic memory<BR>
channel that lies on the mind-grid, in parallel with the sensory<BR>
memory channels. Note that a phonemic word such as "d-o-g" often<BR>
will exist at thousands of chronologically separate spots in your<BR>
lifelong auditory memory channel, and that therefore a word such<BR>
as "dog" enjoys the reliability of massively parallel access to a<BR>
once again massively parallel fiber-gang of neuron fibers holding<BR>
your redundant and therefore extremely reliable concept of "dog."<BR>
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<A NAME="tubule1"><H4>Say No to Microtubules</H4></A>
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Note that in the above mind-diagram a concept is represented as a<BR>
vertical filament or fiber labeled "idea" with various orthogonal<BR>
associative tags branching away at right angles from the concept-<BR>
fiber to associated other parts of the mindgrid. Only a complete,<BR>
cellular neuron (and not a microtubule within the neuron) has the<BR>
extended length (first physical, thence logical) and the synaptic<BR>
branching structures (associative tags) necessary for nesting the<BR>
concept within the non-quantum-mechanical neuronal mindgrid. Al-<BR>
though one neuron alone must be the bare minimum for containing a<BR>
concept as a kind of "grandmother cell" (q.v.), the Mentifex mind<BR>
model portrays all concepts only as residing in associative gangs<BR>
of highly redundant and logically equivalent neurons, so that the<BR>
very important massive parallelism of the mind-model is preserved<BR>
within any given concept residing in the abstract memory channel.<BR>
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<A NAME="quantum1"><H4>Avoid the Quantum Mechanical Miasma</H4></A>
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The Standard Model of the Mind (a designation claimed by Mentifex<BR>
AI for memetic purposes) rejects the notion of mind/consciousness<BR>
as existing in or originating from any sort of quantum-mechanical<BR>
("QM") reality separate from the switching-circuit neuronal sheet<BR>
of the human brain or the in-silica mindgrid of a humanoid robot.<BR>
A concept is not a photonic wave or a subatomic particle. Rather,<BR>
a concept is the abstract generalization of recognizable patterns<BR>
ultimately rooted in the sensory data perceived by the sensorium.<BR>
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<H4>Test your knowledge before going on.</H4>
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In the Mentifex theory of mind, a concept resides in (click one):<BR>
<A HREF="#AudChan1">A) the auditory memory channel;</A><BR>
<A HREF="#quantum1">B) a quantum-mechanical "QM" hyperspace;</A><BR>
<A HREF="#correct1">C) the abstract memory channel;</A><BR>
<A HREF="#tubule1">D) the intracellular microtubules.</A><BR>
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<A NAME="correct1">Correct; now please study the theory docs.</A><BR>
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