Mar 11 2012: Hmm. Could just be a matter of time, for sure. If you think about it, context based humans or rule based machines - regardless, we're all just a different collection of energy/electricity. It's a matter of engineering a machine that uses/intakes enegry that's most connotative to what makes human experience possible. And perhaps, despite all of the serendipity and randomness of human emotion/experience, there's some underlying pattern to it all. Revealing that pattern may clear the way for us to mimic it in robotics.
However, humanity still stares at itself in the mirror as if it's just meeting itself for the first time. And until we've transcended this state, I'm sure our robots will mimic this limited understanding of ourselves.
Mar 9 2012: No. Human intelligence is half composed of that very viscous and intangible world we call emotion. Emotion is deeply linked to instinct, and intution. Human intelligence is primarily, simply speaking, an unremitting coalescence of reason and emotion. In order for technology to replace the depths of human experience (inseperable from human intelligence), technology would not ony have to empathically tap into human experience, but into even deeper realms. Of course this reveals the question of whether or not it's still "technology" by this point.
Not to mention, human intelligence is intricately (context based), whereas AI and other forms of tech are primarily (rule based). Because of this, humans are highly adaptable to a wide variety of circumstances. Sitting at the park and watching birds fly by could spark thoughts and ideas in a person, which could link to a variety of circumstances...be it philosophical, poetic, or a break through in aeronautical engineering. Human intelligence is also elastic and ever changing. Neuroplasticity, for instance. Neuroplasticity is the brain's ability to completely rewire itself: new habits, new languages, new skills, new lifestyle, etc. This debunks the age old fallacy : you can't teach an old dog new tricks. Not to mention, we have the gorgeously controversial (subconscious). Whether you take a Freudian or Jungian approach on the subconscious, or deny it's existence completely, this is is also a great source of intelligence. These are all things that a computer is not, and will not be capable of performing.
For (anyone) to say that technology can replace human intelligence, is simply ludacris. Such a belief is more full of hubris and fantasy than it is scientific reasoning and serious well-rounded contemplation. Sure, it (could) thousands of years from now. But since science still doesn't know (exactly) how human intelligence works, let alone memory, and emotion...such conclusions cannot be accurately, or reasonably determined.
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However, humanity still stares at itself in the mirror as if it's just meeting itself for the first time. And until we've transcended this state, I'm sure our robots will mimic this limited understanding of ourselves.
A comment on Conversation: Can technology replace human intelligence?
Not to mention, human intelligence is intricately (context based), whereas AI and other forms of tech are primarily (rule based). Because of this, humans are highly adaptable to a wide variety of circumstances. Sitting at the park and watching birds fly by could spark thoughts and ideas in a person, which could link to a variety of circumstances...be it philosophical, poetic, or a break through in aeronautical engineering. Human intelligence is also elastic and ever changing. Neuroplasticity, for instance. Neuroplasticity is the brain's ability to completely rewire itself: new habits, new languages, new skills, new lifestyle, etc. This debunks the age old fallacy : you can't teach an old dog new tricks. Not to mention, we have the gorgeously controversial (subconscious). Whether you take a Freudian or Jungian approach on the subconscious, or deny it's existence completely, this is is also a great source of intelligence. These are all things that a computer is not, and will not be capable of performing.
For (anyone) to say that technology can replace human intelligence, is simply ludacris. Such a belief is more full of hubris and fantasy than it is scientific reasoning and serious well-rounded contemplation. Sure, it (could) thousands of years from now. But since science still doesn't know (exactly) how human intelligence works, let alone memory, and emotion...such conclusions cannot be accurately, or reasonably determined.