AI from a legal perspective

Posted Sep 28, 2023 9:41 UTC (Thu) by ms (subscriber, #41272)
In reply to: AI from a legal perspective by gfernandes
Parent article: AI from a legal perspective

Well, sure, human brains are pretty astonishing from an efficiency and also pure power pov. I believe we recently discovered plants make use of certain bits of quantum physics, which helps with efficiency of photosynthesis. I wouldn't be at all surprised if we eventually figure out that the evolution of brains also discovered similar possibilities and advantages and so forth. But fundamentally, can a brain solve problems that a Turing Machine cannot? Anyway, I enjoy these sorts of thought experiments, but I'm aware this is getting somewhat off-topic now.

AI from a legal perspective

Posted Sep 28, 2023 12:07 UTC (Thu) by amacater (subscriber, #790) [Link]

If we have a production line of Turing machines, each with infinite tape - at what point do they become obsolete such that the line can be switched off? How do we determine this? :)

AI from a legal perspective

Posted Feb 21, 2024 21:40 UTC (Wed) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]

> I believe we recently discovered plants make use of certain bits of quantum physics, which helps with efficiency of photosynthesis.

If you mean thirty or forty years ago, then yes, recently. (For that matter, so do we: the electrons in the electron-transport chain in every mitochondrial membrane complex in every cell in our bodies quantum-tunnel along the chain. Without that endless quantum tunnelling dance constantly pumping protons to recharge our ATP, we'd all be dead in a minute or two. Of course the same is true of plants: they just also have chloroplasts doing similar things.)