Re:Is Matter Conscious? (2017)
by CuriouslyC on Monday February 25, 2019 @01:30PM
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What is learning?
A particle responds to its environment. A system of particles reconfigures itself in response to the environment, sometimes in a persistent way. That's all your brain is doing when it "learns"
Re:Is Matter Conscious? (2017)
by visarga on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @01:33AM
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Yes, while being threatened with extinction if they do it wrong. That's the key ingredient - self replication and natural selection. Keeps the learning honest to reality.
A particle responds to its environment. A system of particles reconfigures itself in response to the environment, sometimes in a persistent way. That's all your brain is doing when it "learns"