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Umesh Khadka
Posted on:2016-03-27 21:52:16 Machines That Will Think and Feel
Machines That Will Think and Feel
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Umesh KhadkaPosted on:2016-03-27 21:52:16 Machines That Will Think and Feel
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At the start of the day, we tend to be mentally energetic; we tend to start near the spectrum’s top. At the day’s end, we’re at the other end of the spectrum. When we grow sleepy, we are down-spectrum, moving steadily lower. Asleep and dreaming, we are near the bottom. During the day, we generally go through two main oscillations—drifting downward toward a temporary low point (often in middle or late afternoon), then drifting higher for a few hours, and finally downward again straight into sleep. Everyone has his own pattern, but our general course over a day is from up-spectrum to down. Software could imitate this spectrum—and will have to, if it is ever to achieve humanlike thought. The spectrum’s top edge is what we might call thinking-about—pondering the morning news, or the daffodils outside or the future of American colleges. At the opposite end, you reach a state of pure being or feeling—sensation or emotion—that is about nothing. Chill or warmth, seeing violet or smelling cut grass, uneasiness or thirst, happiness or euphoria—each must have a cause, but they are not about anything. The pleasant coolness of your forearm is not about the spring breeze. |
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