Tag Archives: Philosophy
“Is the universe a hologram? Describing the universe requires fewer dimensions than we might think; this may not just be a mathematical trick, but a fundamental feature of space itself”
As reported in this article from TU Wien in Vienna, recent developments in theoretical physics have shown how we may reduce the mathematical description of physical events into analogous models using less dimensions than previously thought.
In a way, 3D models would be re-written as instances of 2D systems. Our universe complexity may be understood in less dimensions that are dreamt in our minds.
IBM’s Rometty on Health Care as IBM’s Moon Shot
Interestingly, as pointed our by Business Insider’s Julie Bort, Ginni Rometty refers to Watson as ‘he’.
As pointed out, among others, by Daniel Dennet, such reference might imply in an upgrade in granted status of Artificial Intelligence and computer’s minds.
One would rather trust a phisician with a mind, no doubt. Whether Watson’s handwritting will keep tradition or raise the bar remains unclear…
“Kinds Of Minds: Toward An Understanding Of Consciousness” by Daniel C. Dennet
Brilliant combination of philosophy, artificial intelligence, and neurobiology.
in “Kinds of Minds” Daniel Dennett takes reader to inquire about minds of one own’s, other humans’, animals, A.I.
From the role played by language to the intrinsic capabilities embeded in DNA and RNA.
You can take a peek into the first chapter in the video below read by the author himself, and other chapters on youtube.
might also relate to this post on a collection of texts on anthropomorphism