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  • Deshalb werden Computer nie wirklich denken …

    Why a computer will never be truly conscious What makes a brain tick is very different from how computers operate. Yurchanka Siarhei/Shutterstock.com  Subhash Kak, Oklahoma State University Many advanced artificial intelligence projects say they are working toward building a conscious machine, based on the idea that brain functions merely encode and process multisensory information. The assumption goes, then, that once brain functions are properly understood, it should be possible to program them into a computer. Microsoft recently announced that it would spend US$1 billion on a project to do just that. So far, though, attempts to build supercomputer…

  • Unsere Gedankenfreiheit ist bedroht – so kannst Du Dein Denken retten.

    Freedom of thought is under attack – here’s how to save your mind By rudall30/Shutterstock Simon McCarthy-Jones, Trinity College Dublin Freedom of thought stands at a critical crossroads. Technological and psychological advances could be used to promote free thought. They could shield our inner worlds, reduce our mental biases, and create new spaces for thought. Yet states and corporations are forging these advances into weapons that restrict what we think. To lose freedom of thought would be to lose something uniquely human. We share our basic emotions with animals. But only we can step back and ask “do…