Sunday, February 17, 2019
Week 6: TETRA - Turing and Kurzweil
Are we back in circular thinking that machine computation is projected on human behaviour?
After our discussion, we came to the conclusion that both authors have different ways of seeing computers. For example, Turing explores the idea that machines can think and how we can recognize it. He also explains the human-computer concept that if you want a machine to behave like one of those human computers, you will need to tell him how to do it by giving a set of instructions. However, machines are able to perform better than humans at tasks that require precise calculations like in chess or precise mathematics. During our conversation, we realized that the problem with the Turing Test is that it is limited because it only evaluates the capacity to have a conversation. In other words, it does not evaluate different types of thinking process such as our creativity and our skills for adaptation. However, we do realize that at the time, his thinking about computers was amazing. He also compares modern digital computers to the nervous system because both are electrical.
On the other hand, Kurzweil explores how the mind works and the neurons of the brain and how these aspects relate to the computer that has mechanical organs such as mechanical relays and vacuum tubes. He contrasts that in the digital machine there is a need for only one organ to do a specific task while for analogue machines there must be enough organs to process a job. The interesting part about both of these texts is that they both describe the thinking process of the machine in terms of their domains, leaving aside the aesthetical or emotional aspect of the biological one.
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