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[sirkillalot617]

Well how fasts is a human brains processing power I know one of the most powerfull prossecors runs at 5ooghz.

And I would agree we probebly run into money trouble before we created anything that advanced.

[Spawn-Inc]

well is it the processing power of our brains that make them complicated or the fact that we can think? also sirkillalot do you have a link to that 5ooghz computer?

[nil8]

More processing power means nothing but more calculations in a shorter period of time. Computers do not think. A computer is only as smart as the programs it is running (although way faster than any human). Computer programs are only as smart as the people programming them. Until AI and cognitive reasoning are able to run on a computer, the system will not be able to reason and "think", rather it will only be able to "calculate".

My favorite quote for this is "Saying computers can think is like saying submarines can swim."
Both are machines that perform functions that involve an act that creatures can do naturally.

I can't wait for faster computers, better graphics and better games.
How we get there is irrelevant to me, even though I will be involved and enjoying it.

[onelegout]

My favorite quote for this is "Saying computers can think is like saying submarines can swim."
Both are machines that perform functions that involve an act that creatures can do naturally.

Good analogy.
The point is though, that the video didn't suggest that computers would develop reason or thought.... It only refered to processing power. Sirkillalot, humans don't have a clock frequency

My question to the more technicaly minded of TBCS is, if our processors work in binary, then what does the human brain work in, and how would we compare the two as they are completely different types of processing....
I doubt that that prediction was based on any equation anyway....
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[Airbozo]

Brain VS Computer (a simple explanation)

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[onelegout]

Brain VS Computer (a simple explanation)

A more detailed explanation

Thanks! Answers my questions well.

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[Nick_Black]

Brain VS Computer (a simple explanation)

A more detailed explanation

meh too much reading for today, I'll try again tommorow

but this video is cool, a bet quite a few (less bright) americans were offended by this, but it also has some good point's too like how nitindo spent soo much on marketing, and less than half of that amount was used for education, there's alot of things like that, there are some companies that (aparently, I've heard this from a few not too realiable sources) if they were to spend all thier profits to cure hunger, they could solve the hunger crisis for good... but I'm not shure about that though (some charaties claim it only take's something like 50c a day to feed a child, so i assume it's possible....)

[nil8]

The questions you're seeking onelegout are addressed by a philsopher by the name of John Seale. He made a series of lectures called "The Philosophy of the Mind" that utilizes a model of the human ability to process data using a chinese symbol turing machine.

It's quite good, about 10 hours long and in the series of lectures he does what all great philosophers do, he disproves himself.

An excellent mental exercise in the way humans process input.

[sirkillalot617]

also sirkillalot do you have a link to that 5ooghz computer?

Yes heres one but you can find out tons of info if you just google it.http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/20/i...cpu-to-500ghz/