[aiethics] What are humans made of?

[Kim Sullivan]

Alicebot AI Ethics Committee - http://www.alicebot.org



> A) A human is no more than a collection of matter and energy occupying =
a
> certain space and that humanness itself is theoretically =
understandable by
> humans.
>
> I'm unquestionably with A. To me, one of the most tiresome =
philosophical
> conversations one can possibly have begins with the phrase "The =
difference
> between humans and animals is..."

  I agree with A, though I'm not sure if we're ever going to understand
'humannes'. We know how physical principles (atoms and other elementary
particles and their interaction), we know the principles of chemistry - =
how the
atoms form molecules and how they react. From that level it becomes =
harder, we
still don't know everything about biology.
  And since the sum of parts often behaves in unexpected ways =
(deterministic,
understandable and 'simulable' but but maybe too complex for a human to =
grasp),
I'm not very sure that we can really understand everything that goes on. =
We've
even problems with understanding how a simple NN with only a few neurons =
exactly
does what it does when it is trained.

Kim