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> Organization: V-Systems, Inc. -- Santa Ana, CA Lines: 16 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? -- Michael Sullivan {uunet|attmail}!vsi!sullivan V-Systems, Inc. Santa Ana, CA sullivan@vsi.com ons, workstations, workstations, workstations, workstations, workstations, work