Some of you who have being following my Blog since the beginning of this month may still be wondering why I decided to analyze Einstein's thoughts and their emotional source. You may be wondering where all this is leading to.
Ok, so no more riddles, no more hidden intentions, the time has come to reveal the meaning of all this analysis.
The last few posts reflect a recent developing interest ; my interest in the human mind. More specifically my interest in reverse engineering the process of thought to discover its roots, and perhaps one day figure out a way to mimic the same processes artificially. Yes, you guessed it, I'm talking about Artificial Intelligence.
I believe the link between emotion and thought is an essential one. The two are inseparably linked, and so if we were to produce a conscious being capable of thinking like us, we would also have to give it emotions like us. Consciousness is a feeling, an emotion or a mixture of emotions all resulting in thought. All these properties ; consciousness,emotion, thought, sensory inputs and outputs, are all connected in a cyclical manner that we are yet to fully decipher.
However, today we are closer than ever to the final answer. Our computers have grown in power, speed and functionality. They control our manufacturing processes, they link us all through the Internet, they control virtually every aspect our lives. However, we are still at the beginning of this chain of command, we tell the computer what to do and it does it. You may think I'm an idealist, but I believe the time has come to complete this computerized chain of command, the Age of Conscious computers is very nearly upon us.
The Dangers and ethics of such a development are quite obvious and have been the subject of a few hollywood movies. Ignoring these would be like madness. However, I think such technological developments are inevitable, all we can do is ensure that such technology is introduced in the right manner, in ways that will not prove to be apocalyptic.
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