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Brain: in science, the brain is the complex organ within the skull of vertebrates, responsible for processes like perception, cognition, emotion, and motor control. It enables various bodily functions and higher mental activities. See also Brain states, Thinking, >Eognition, Emotion, Perception._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Neil Gershenfeld on Brain - Dictionary of Arguments
Brockman I 166 Brain/computers/Gershenfeld: (…) both brains and computer chips are hard to understand by watching their inner workings; they’re easily interpreted only by observing their external interfaces. We come to trust (or not) brains and computer chips alike based on experience that tests them rather than on explanations for how they work. >Review, >Verification, >Function, >Functional explanation. Brockman I 167 What’s interesting about amino acids is that they’re not interesting. They have attributes that are typical but not unusual, such as attracting or repelling water. But just twenty types of them are enough to make you. In the same way, twenty or so types of digital-material part types - conducting, insulating, rigid, flexible, magnetic, etc. - are enough to assemble the range of functions that go into making modern technologies like robots and computers. >Life, >Computers, >Robots, >Technology, >Computer model, >Computation. Gershenfeld, Neil „Scaling”, in: Brockman, John (ed.) 2019. Twenty-Five Ways of Looking at AI. New York: Penguin Press._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Gershenfeld, Neil Brockman I John Brockman Possible Minds: Twenty-Five Ways of Looking at AI New York 2019 |