is Man a Machine?By adewumi ezekiel computer science

WHAT IS A MACHINE?

• A device consisting of fixed and moving parts that modifies mechanical energy and transmits it in a more useful form.

WHAT IS A MAN?

• philosophers defined as any human being endowed with reason.

• What man is the ultimate metaphysical question. Doctors see man as a neurological and biological system. Mathematicians consider man a collection of logic and computational devices. Intelligent Computer Experts call them interactive robots. Artists see human as a God, while some just as Animal.

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MAN AND MACHINE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MAN AND MACHINE

•Creativity

• Intelligence•Reality and emotion.

Can machines be Creative?

Thinking leads to creativity, something which can generate myriads of emotions in mind and soul.

which I no machines don’t have and this was supported by mark twain who made a quote saying:” Yes. Man the machine--man the impersonal engine. Whatsoever a man is, is due to his MAKE, and to the INFLUENCES brought to bear upon it by his heredities, his habitat, his associations. He is moved, directed, COMMANDED, by EXTERIOR influences--SOLELY. He ORIGINATES nothing, not even a thought.

Unlike a well known philosopher who said man is machine named “Julien Offray de La Mettrie”

He said something in his book which I quote “It is not enough for a wise man to study nature and truth; he should dare state truth for the benefit of the few who are willing and able to think. As for the rest, who are voluntarily slaves of prejudice, they can no more attain truth, than frogs can fly.”

And he also pointed out that “I reduce to two the systems of philosophy which deal with man's soul. The first and older system is materialism; the second is spiritualism”

Materialism means an inclination towards acquiring material possessions and comforts; in short, it is a tendency to lead a life in which pleasures of the body are given preference above anything else. Spiritualism is centered and established on the soul, that is, activities in life are decided keeping in mind the awakening of the soul.

QUESTIONS• Can this computer generate that creativity in themselves?

• They might've beaten Gary Kasparvich once, but will they be ever able to match the genius of Einstein?Can they create such wondrous theories?

• Can they create paintings like Picasso?

• Can they deliver some beautiful thinking philosophies or Karl Marx, Mahatma Gandhi?.

• Creativity requires some magical gift, which can not be explained by logical disintegration

HOW INTELLIGENT IS MAN?

The big question is can a machine act intelligently? Can it solve any problem that a person would solve by thinking?

What is intelligence? it’s a the mental capability to reason ,plan ,solve

problem ,think abstractly, comprehend complex ideas, learn quickly and learn from experience.

The incredible ability and flexibility of human intelligence has long been a feature we consider to set us apart from the rest of nature. while other animals certainly think: none can juggle abstract concepts or manipulate things but now that ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE as being invented e.g. IBM supercomputer. Which measures up to the intelligence of man logically. Can machine be called intelligent?

The supercomputer actually defeated Gary kasparov In a six game match by applying game rule to block every possible but we all no that intelligence is more than that.

1. We can recognize the face of a friend in a crowd instantly.

2. Isolate a single conversation in a noisy room

3. Detect a pattern of behavior from a small set of clues.

It’s a phenomenal ability and this cant be achieved by series of programming work.

• Taking information, decisions and ability to learn can be regarded as intelligence. For all such activities, we need logical operations like compare, duplicate, store, calculate, remember and order. Yes, computers can do all this! We see numerous demonstration of this ability in software applications and internet portals. Comparison is also the key which opens the door of emotions in our mind. Comparison with others, our past which makes us happy, sad or even jealous.

REALITY- is the state of things as they actually exist, rather than as they may appear or might be imagined.

EMOTION- is a subjective, conscious experience characterized primarily by psychophysiological expressions, biological reactions, and mental states

• Emotion is one type of affect, other types being mood, temperament and sensation (for example, pain). Emotions can be understood as either states or as processes. When understood as a state (like being angry or afraid), an emotion is a type of mental state that interacts with other mental states and causes certain behaviors

• The following are some of the features that distinguish emotion from moods. An emotion is a response to a specific stimulus that can be internal, like a belief or a memory. It is also generally agreed that emotions have intentional content, which is to say that they are about something, often the stimulus itself. Moods, on the other hand, are typically not about anything, and at least some of the time do not appear to be caused by a specific stimulus. Emotions also have a relatively brief duration—on the order of seconds or minutes—whereas moods last much longer. Most theories agree about these features of the emotions. Other features will be discussed in the course of this article. There is much less agreement, however, about most of these other features that the emotions may (or may not) have.

CONCLUSION

• This article has outlined the basic approaches to explaining the basic difference between man and machines, it has reviewed a number of important theories, and it has discussed many of the features that we no are true. One tentative conclusion that can now be drawn is that it is unlikely that any single theory will prevail anytime soon, especially since not all of these theories are in direct competition with each other. Stating that man is not a machine.

REFERENCES

• Armon-Jones, C. (1985). Prescription, explication and the social construction of emotion. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 15, 1–22. Armon-Jones, C. (1986a).

• The thesis of constructionism. In R. Harré (Ed.), The social construction of emotions (pp. 32–56). Oxford, UK: Blackwell.

• Till then, The Argument Will Continue..