From: "Deranged Mutant" <WlkngOwl@unix.asb.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 12:32:10 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: It's no "WON_der"
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On 16 Jul 96 at 1:08, John Young wrote:

>    6-15-96. NYP, Book review: 
>  
>       AFTER THOUGHT 
>       The Computer Challenge to Human Intelligence 
>       By James Bailey 
>       Illustrated. 277 pages Basic Books/HarperCollins. $25. 
>       ISBN 0-465-00781-3 

>    Mr. Bailey, a former senior manager at the Thinking 
>    Machines Corporation, foresees an "electronic computing 
>    revolution" whose "intellectual impact will be greater than 
>    anything since the Renaissance, possibly greater than 
>    anything since the invention of language." In his view, the 
>    greatest challenge posed by the computer revolution will be 
>    for humans to trust processes of thinking they won't 
>    necessarily understand, such as neural networks spotting 
>    patterns without supplying proof "in any human-absorbable 
>    form." 

Of course it's important to note that all models of computing 
(serial, neural,  etc.) are based somewhat on conceptions of how 
humans think, compute, etc.

Rob
 
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