Mq., the observed/observer effect is limited to quantum states, i.e., it is seen only in very small particles. We will not change OBL's physical characteristics by observing him. He will not disappear; he's located somewhere and we will find and kill the SOB.
AI is not in trouble. It is very difficult to do, however. I think DenBeste got it right.
I don't think we are the height of biological existence. It's immensely silly to think so. We are simply chimps whose consciousness became self-regulating when somehow our bicameral brain broke down and the left side of our brain communicated with the right. This allowed parallel processing to take place intra-cerebrally. Before that physiological change took place, we were basically no different than a smart dog. Humanity as we know it was born when left brain/right brain communication first took place.
Take a look at the experiments performed by Nobel winner Roger Sperry dealing with the effects of having the corpus callosum--the physical link between the right and the left brain--severed:
Important as his work on neurospecificity was, it was not this for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1981, but his discoveries on split brains. Essentially, Sperry and his students showed that if the two hemispheres of the brain are separated by severing the corpus callosum (the large band of fibers that connects them), the transfer of information between the hemispheres ceases, and the coexistence in the same individual of two functionally different brains can be demonstrated. The findings contradicted the generally held view--again based on misinterpretation of evidence--that sectioning of the corpus callosum produced no definite behavioral effects. The probable explanation is that the two hemispheres, although separated from one another, are usually in agreement, so that no obvious conflict results. By means of ingenious tests, however, Sperry and his group showed that definite behavioral phenomena can be demonstrated following the brain-splitting operation.
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We have two brains. The corpus callosum mediates parallel processing. This was an immensely important discovery since it explains our ability to integrate disparate processes while being focused on one subject.
You might also want to read Julain Jaynes' book. Here's a preview:
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Computers can't yet come even close to doing what we do. I think it will be centuries before the computer equivalent of a working corpus callosum can be built. It is a very long way off--centuries, in my view, if ever.
You really think a computer will be able to have the insights that Dr. J., Dr. Viterbi, and Klein Gilhousen had? No way! You can't construct creativity.
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