2021-07-16-10 Virginia Dignum Humans and AI
Virginia Dignum (@vdignum): Humans are not machines, nor is our brain a computer processing information. As in past eras, this metaphor reflects the most advanced thinking. It does not help understanding humans nor does it help developing #AI 1/2 https://twitter.com/Abebab/status/1414549801300074501
the faulty reasoning is:
- all computers are capable of behaving intelligently.
- all computers are information processors.
- conclusion (wrong): all entities that are capable of behaving intelligently are information processors.
see also @DrREpstein's https://aeon.co/essays/your-brain-does-not-process-information-and-it-is-not-a-computer 2/2