Re: Re[2]: computer-go: Pattern matching

["Jeff Massung" <jmassung@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > However, I _know_ what a rose smells like.  I _know_ when I am hungry.  
> If you
> > can prove to me that such knowledge, stored in my brain, may be emulated 
> by a
> > computer, I will agree with your assertion.  Until then, I will continue 
> to
> > believe that there _is_ an inherent difference between the human brain 
> and a
> > computer system.  That inherent difference _does_ prevent the knowledge 
> of
> > what a rose smells like, or the knowledge of what it is to be hungry,
> > from being stored in a computer.
>
>
> I would argue that what you mean by "knowing what a rose smells like" is
> simply that your brain is capable of matching an electrochemical signature
> created when the chemicals composing a rose's aroma react with your 
> olfactory
> organs.
Question: when you smell a rose, does your brain do a search through all 
smells you know until it finds a match? or is the proper neuron stimulated 
automatically?  I'd say the latter, simply because of being able to forget 
something and the way in which I smell a rose and this of a red rose and 
someone else yellow (ie, the synapse connections are different).  To me, 
this is the current disadvantage of computer vs. human, the computer must 
pattern match, instead of just "seeing" it.

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