The Difference Between the Brain and the Mind

The brain, the mind, and robots are all topics on this episode of the AI Minute. For more on Artificial Intelligence: https://voicesinai.com https://gigaom.com https://byronreese.com https://amzn.to/2vgENbn... Transcript: What is the difference between the brain and the mind? The mind is all the stuff that happens that seems to be more than the brain could possibly do, given its biology. The mind is associated with attributes such as emotion, imagination, judgment, intelligence, volition, and free will. The mind is a concept used by everyone. We ask people “are you out of your mind?” we seek peace of mind, we tell people what’s on our mind and we are told that great minds think alike. Can an AGI be built without invoking the nebulous concept of the mind? Unfortunately, no. An AGI has to be dramatically smarter than any creature in the animal kingdom. If you made a computer dolphin AI that was as smart as the smartest dolphin, nobody would call that an AGI. I am reminded of an exchange in the Will Smith movie I, Robot where Smith’s character, Detective Spooner, is interrogating a robot named Sonny: Detective Spooner: “Can a robot write a symphony? Can a robot turn a canvas into a beautiful painting?” Sonny: “Can you?” The point being that we probably can’t build an AGI until we have developed a theory of the mind. http://bit.ly/2WHZE39 gigaom May 14, 2019 at 03:48PM