Peter Patton is an incredible man who really gets me to think about new subjects and has led me to think about artificial intelligence like I never have before. He introduced several theoretical scenarios to me and let me borrow a book: Minds, Brains and Science by John Searle. In the past few days, I've really been thinking about what all Patton and Searle have said. I have either made some huge breakthroughs, or I'm filled with a lot of hot air. Regardless, I feel I should share my findings.
Before breaking apart some theoretical scenarios, I pose a theory. Souls. Although spiritual in nature, I plan to remain factual in my observations. I believe every human has one, but I've never heard of a good definition for what the soul is, also there doesn't appear to be a valid test for the presence of a soul. Searle talks about the Mind-Body problem in his book, about how a subjective entity such as the human mind is connected to such an objective item as a physical brain. Given his argument, I'd have to say that the mind is the soul, at least, until I hear a better explanation. To me, that wraps the personality, their creativity, and everything that makes you, you, into one package: a Mind-Soul. I have no proof... welcome to philosophy. I brought this up first because its existence offers interesting questions later on, I'm looking to explain it all together, but so far no luck.
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Artificial Intelligence, Misc, Philosophy
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