Popper, Kurzweil, Self, and
ComputersSam Ghandchi
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پوپر، کرزوایل، سلف و کامپیوترها
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Popper, Kurzweil, Self, and
Computers
Sam Ghandchi
http://www.ghandchi.com/2781-brain-self-english.htm
پوپر، کرزوایل، سلف و کامپیوترها
http://www.ghandchi.com/2781-brain-self.htm
P.S. 05/30/21: Kurzweil: Intelligent Tools, Singularity and Obstacle
In 1977, Karl Popper published a book with his friend
John C. Eccles entitled The Self and Its Brain.
The book is one of the least read works of Karl Popper. For me, it
was the best explanation of Popper's 'World 3' which he had
explicated five years earlier in 1972 in his book Objective
Knowledge. The book,
The Self and Its Brain,
tries to provide scientific explanation
of 'World 3,' i.e. world of abstract objects and how humans have
developed
a self . My intention here is not to discuss details of Popper's
work which is very interesting, rather to continue on the discussion
of 'New
Variant' and would like to explore if there is any way for
computers to develop a self. Let's think about an object of Popper's
'World 3,'
Aristotle's works written over 2000 years ago. When we read his
books, we connect with Aristotle's thoughts, although physically and
temporally being so far away and he has long been dead. In other
words, his *self* or part of it, has survived his body and mind
thanks to the invention of writing. Now let's remember "Kurzweil's
Response about the Next Step in Making of an Artificial Sentient
Being." Humans in contrast to all species we know, have been
able to use their brain to form a 'self' and we can see Popper's
'World 3' artifacts including tools, writings, art pieces through
millions of years which we can interact with. Frankly this is the only
difference between humans and all other intelligent animals, in
other words, we have generated a self when using our brain to
interact with the outside reality. Many other species also use their
brain to interact with the world but have not even come close to
generating a self, comparable to what Popper calls 'World 3' of
human species.
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