Look at title. What is it exactly that makes us human? That makes us living? Are machines with artificial intelligence considered living like us? Explain your answer.
Also, anyone have good suggestions for philosophers that can answer this question?
2007-03-18 10:02:09 · 6 answers · asked by mormon_beaner 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I think, therefore I am.
There is an argument called the chinese room argument that attempts to disprove that any machine can ever be made think and understand the way a human can. This argument is predicated on the inability for a computer to have emotion. If a machine could be made that was capable of deciding for it'self what It wanted to do, then that machine would have to be considered alive.
2007-03-18 10:10:27 · answer #1 · answered by Batman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Philosopher in the house. Of course not and you knew that. Living is what we do everyday. Alive is genetics. Therefore I cannot give you a definitive answer to your question because human frailties are too many to count. Living is brain work. Anything that needs batteries to have artificial intelligence programmed by human into them is of course not human.
2007-03-18 10:09:38 · answer #2 · answered by dtwladyhawk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are asking us to answer the conundrum of what constitutes sentient life. Is it strictly an organic phenomenon or is a manifestation of capability? My answer is: Is the thing under consideration able to comprehend a threat, localize it, and take the required action to eliminate or escape the threat? I use threat as a modus because it is the operative consideration in survival and survival is the single greatest concern of a living lifeform.
2007-03-18 10:14:08 · answer #3 · answered by Sophist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Existence in this reality mostly explains/defines "living". "Sentience", meaning "we feel", also defines "living". Your question is too broad. What is it about life exactly that puzzles you? Death?
No machine is like us. We are born, machines are made. We choose from the universe for our life decisions. Machines choose form the programs we write for them. Good enough?
Read the book "Quantum Questions", with essays from all the great scientists about life. Read "God and Golem, Inc." by Norbert Weiner. Also read as many books on Buddhism as you can-- they are just fun!
2007-03-18 10:11:57 · answer #4 · answered by suriak 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We are living because we can rationalize and abstain. Look at Nietzsche's belief of Human vs. Animal on Sparknotes.com
2007-03-18 10:40:16 · answer #5 · answered by Evan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God made us living, and he gave us the power to made intelligent things. So the god actually made machines intelligent.
2007-03-18 10:21:50 · answer #6 · answered by archeraarash 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋