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Artificial
Intelligence - what have we learned through natural ignorance? |
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During the late '80s and early '90s, I had the opportunity to work
with expert systems in real-time production environments. I found
artificial intelligence, or AI, to be thoroughly intriguing. I
even went so far as to write an expert system package, under
Microsoft Windows, called WindExS. However, as I continued my
work, and expanded into other areas of knowledge management and,
eventually, remote viewing, I began to find some unusual
inconsistencies in the AI world and the desires to create "truly
intelligent" and "thinking" machines. |
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One of the issues that people usually claim as a requirement of
true intelligence is that "one must have a soul." These ideas and
dabbling prompted me to write a short screenplay entitled
"Sylvie," which was the story of an "emotionally intelligent"
system. That small inkling of creativity still did not allow me to
delve as deeply into the topic as I had wanted. However, it did
bring up the question: "what is a soul?"
What is AI?
AI is the science and engineering of making machines intelligent,
especially through the creation of intelligent software. It is
similar to the task of using computers to understand human
intelligence, but AI does not have to confine itself to methods
that are biologically observable. Intelligence is the
computational part of the ability to define a plan and achieve
goals. Different types and levels of intelligence occur in people,
animals, and some machines. However, the ultimate premise behind
creating an intelligent machine is the ability to think
creatively, solve problems using abstract information, and devise
new solutions.
The Biological Parallel Computer
Consider the vast amount of information that we acquire and
process every day. It is difficult to imagine that so much
information and activity could be stored in such a small amount of
tissue and fluid. Scientists have been theorizing that, indeed,
the mind is not as much of a storage device as it is a
communications device to some larger "knowledge base." The mind
appears to be a way to pre-process data for storage and a way to
analyze data for use while all the time maintaining a connection
for data storage and acquisition with this knowledge base.
This knowledge base surrounds us with information and
intelligence. Everything that every creature in the Universe
knows, and will ever know, is stored and made available for us by
simply asking for it. However, accessing it requires a connection,
a field, which connects us all together in a large "bio-circuit."
It can be seen as a "biological parallel computing environment."
The information presented by this bio-circuit consists of a
limitless and accessible Universal source of knowledge.
Why be creative?
I remember my days in school where I was taught that, indeed,
daydreaming and excessive creativity could destroy your life.
However, the important thing that I learned along the way is that,
without creativity, there can be no progress. Creativity is a way
to expand one's consciousness by taking abstract ideas and turning
them into a new reality. It is a way to take what you know as an
absolute, and stretch it into the unknown. Each stretch takes you
further and expands your absolutes along the way.
Without creativity, you would do the same things that you've
always done in life without ever moving forward or backward.
Consider it as being "caught in a rut." You can't leave the rut
because you can't figure out how to get out of it. When you think
creatively, you're taking things that you know, applying it to
things that you don't, and devising a solution to achieve a goal.
To access the vast resources of creativity, the mind reaches into
the bio-circuit and extracts bits and pieces of information that
it can use to create intelligent solutions. By developing your
creative abilities, you are opening that circuit to more
knowledge, a greater intellect, and a broader understanding of
life.
What is the soul anyway?
A discussion of creativity once again brings up the question of:
"what is the soul?" After some thought and evaluation, I would
have to say that the soul is the link, the transceiver, between
our physical world and the bio-circuit. It is the living essence
of everything within each of us.
By closing ourselves off into our own worlds and hiding our souls
under the muck and mire of challenges, we close off our connection
to the bio-circuit. Our soul essentially dies and we become a
stand-alone computer with only the knowledge we have saved as our
guide. However, by working to bring your soul forward and using
your creativity in everything you do, you can acquire knowledge
from every part of the Universe.
True AI
Scientists have tried to mimic the way the human brain functions.
Storage, processing, intelligence, and self-learning are all
components of AI. However, what if the basic premise of how the
brain functions was --- wrong? Indeed, it provides control over
our bodies and accepts stimuli; however, what if the ideas of
processing, intelligence, storage, and self-learning all truly
based on the connection of our minds with the bio-circuit. In this
way, to create a mimic of the human intellect, we must understand
how we interact with each other through the bio-circuit.
What's next?
What an unusual foray into strange territory. However, this has
been a general concept that has been eating at me for years. It
wasn't until I began remote viewing that I was able to see and
apply the ideas of Universal intelligence to the ideas of
artificial intelligence. I am not going to say that, in this
context, a machine cannot have a soul, as stranger things have
happened. However, I will say that the true nature of intelligence
will not be realized until we understand and believe the true
purpose and function of the soul.
About The Author:
Edward B. Toupin is an author, remote viewer, life-strategy coach,
counselor, and technical writer living in Las Vegas, NV. Among
other things, he authors books, articles, and screenplays on
topics ranging from career success through life organization and
fulfillment. For more information, e-mail Edward at etoupin@toupin.com
or visit his sites at http://www.toupin.com or http://www.make-life-great.com.
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