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The mind and the limits of understanding itself

  • 09-08-2014 10:03AM
    #1
    take everything
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,860 ✭✭✭


    Hi
    I'd like to get people's thoughts on the limitations of the mind's understanding of itself.
    Is it possibke for a machine to fully understand its own workings. Or even for a machine to produce a tool to bring about that understanding.
    Or can it only work if a superior intelligence studies an inferior one (as it were).
    It's a fairly basic question but I'm a bit stumped and would like to know what areas to look at to help answer this.
    I'd be really interested in your views here.


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  • #2
    Torakx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,831 ✭✭✭Torakx


    I suppose that tools are what help us do this already.
    If an AI could create tools to fit around it's needs in discovering "new territory" then I could see it being possible.
    We currently use things like MRI and functional MRI to see into our brains and monitor responses to stimuli.
    One question is how long to do what and with what technology or limits.


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