Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!vsi!sullivan
From: sullivan@vsi.UUCP (Michael T Sullivan)
Newsgroups: comp.society.futures
Subject: Re: The future of AI
Summary: Infinite head
Message-ID: <740@vsi.UUCP>
Date: 30 Jun 88 23:46:21 GMT
References: <48.22A3B84F@isishq.UUCP> <4347@killer.UUCP> <10425@stb.UUCP> <3965@saturn.ucsc.edu>
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In article <3965@saturn.ucsc.edu>, evan@saturn.ucsc.edu (Evan Schaffer) writes:
> Actually, there are an infinite number of turning machines.  Turing machines
> may have an infinite number of states.  In fact, one can argue that,
> given the size of a neuron, and the size of a human head, there are a limited
> number of neurons that will fit in a human's head, so a turing machine is
> capable of more complex behavior then a human.

Just where does one put a Turing machine with an infinite number of states?
One could argue that with an infinite number of neurons, thus implying an
infinite head, that a human brain can be infinitely powerful.  But of course
we are back to the problem of where does one put an infinite head?

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