A thinking machine will not be built for reasons of cost. We can examine the
human neural net. An explanation of how the neural net works will serve as a
design for a thinking machine, a design not to be implemented.
We see no place for the predicate calculus or Turing machines. The various
approaches of artificial intelligence have stalled, connectionism is lost in
pattern recognition. It is the wiring of the neural net that holds promise.
A natural fallout from neural net explanation and design will be a
demonstration that consciousness is not needed in a material universe. This
makes cognitive science moot.
We cannot envision the universe or anything in it except as an observer. We
can go round in circles as long as we please, we cannot envision soul (mind,
self).
Ray
Those interested in how the brain works might look at
www.wsg.net/~rscanlon/brain.html
