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OftenBen  ·  2573 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Something is Wrong on the Internet

    It is the twitches of neurons without a greater brain.

That's the part that freaks me out though. The fundamental architecture is there. It doesn't have a purpose, but I keep feeling the word "YET" clutching to the end of that statement.

I wonder what the electrical signals of the first proto-nerve cells looked like in early multi-cellular organisms.





kleinbl00  ·  2573 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Intelligence does not spontaneously arise, particularly on networks that are way simpler than the human brain. But yeah, from a storytelling standpoint it's an easy leap to make.

OftenBen  ·  2573 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Intelligence does not spontaneously arise,

I believe this part is still subject to hot debate, among those who study such things.

But yeah, it's a narrative convenience exploited at least as far back as Heinlein.