Neurosurgeon Michael Egnor: Why Machines Will Never Think

Neurosurgeon Michael Egnor: Why Machines Will Never Think

Distinguished neurosurgeon and neuroscientist Michael Egnor from Stonybrook University offered these thoughts on artificial vs. natural intelligence at the official launch of the Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence in Seattle, WA. Read his remarks at: https://ift.tt/2ZS9T6c. "The hallmark of human thought is meaning, and the hallmark of computation is indifference to meaning. That is, in fact, what makes thought so remarkable and also what makes computation so useful. You can think about anything, and you can use the same computer to express your entire range of thoughts because computation is blind to meaning. Thought is not merely not computation. Thought is the antithesis of computation. Thought is precisely what computation is not. Thought is intentional. Computation is not intentional." ================================================== Discovery Institute promotes thoughtful analysis and effective action on local, regional, national and international issues. The Institute is home to an inter-disciplinary community of scholars and policy advocates dedicated to the reinvigoration of traditional Western principles and institutions and the worldview from which they issued. Discovery Institute has a special concern for the role that science and technology play in our culture and how they can advance free markets, illuminate public policy and support the theistic foundations of the West. For more about the Mission of Discovery Institute please visit https://ift.tt/2FFksBS. For more about the Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence go to https://ift.tt/2ZS9TmI Discovery Institute: https://www.youtube.com/user/DiscoveryInstitute Follow the CSC on Facebook and Twitter: Twitter: https://twitter.com/DiscoveryInst1, @DiscoveryInst1 Facebook: https://ift.tt/2FBcoCc Visit other Youtube channels connected to the Discovery Institute: Discovery Science News (Center for Science & Culture): https://www.youtube.com/DiscoveryScienceNews Dr. Stephen C. Meyer: https://www.youtube.com/user/DrStephenMeyer The Magician's Twin - CS Lewis & Evolution: https://www.youtube.com/user/cslewisweb Darwin's Heretic - Alfred Russel Wallce: https://www.youtube.com/user/AlfredRWallaceID
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