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Nick asked:
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My question is about the relationship between the mind and the computer. My thesis is that having a
mind is a necessary consequence of having a body that is designed to receive information in a variety
of ways, through the senses, interactions with the environment etc. In this context, there has to be an
organising principle that makes sense of all this incoming information — in other words, the mind is
there because it needs to be. Do you think that a computer could ever be made to behave as a mind,
given that it lacks the fundamental element of 'need'?
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You mean could a computer behave as a person? In certain respects, possibly all, a computer could
behave as a person. It couldn't be a person though. The human mind may have developed because
of need. But perhaps also because of desire to continue to live, individually and collectively. Could a
computer have such a desire? Maybe. But consciousness would be essential to a desire for survival
and I don't think self-consciousness is programmable.
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And even if a computer could behave like a person, it couldn't be a person as there is more to a
human than determinate programmable input can create. How can we programme in the ability to
love, for instance? We can't even define it.
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Rachel Browne
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