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Re:The Unreasonable Reputation of Neural Networks by jjaredsimpson on Sunday January 17, 2016 @09:47PM (#10922248)
Humanity isn't an actor with a will. It doesn't "do" anything.

I was referencing the superiority of AI minds to biological minds. Humanity not a thing which possesses a mind.

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Re:The Unreasonable Reputation of Neural Networks by adrianN on Monday January 18, 2016 @04:00AM (#10923358)
In the same way a neuron is not something that possesses a mind, yet a suitably arranged collection of them suddenly does, I think one could argue that humanity is an actor with a will.
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Re:The Unreasonable Reputation of Neural Networks by jjaredsimpson on Monday January 18, 2016 @11:42AM (#10925341)
That's not the same thing at all.

Neurons do not possess a mind, yet a collection does.

Humans do possess minds, and a collection of them does not.

You can't use the first statement to support the opposite of the second statement because the premise is dissimilar.

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Re:The Unreasonable Reputation of Neural Networks by ajuc on Monday January 18, 2016 @04:29AM (#10923441)
How would you know as a lowly neuron?
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