Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Philosophy Wire: Robo Earth, acquisition of knowledge & human intuition


Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2011-02-09]: EU will create a database (named Robo Earth) which will facilitate the communication of every robot with each other in order to exchange information [1]. This exchange of information will make robots learn faster.
But is this progress? Or is progress based on genuine intuition leaps, against any existing knowledge and with insight as your only weapon? Can the mechanical increase of knowledge quantity really increase the chances of genuine inspiration? Is true genius based on existing knowledge or does it simply mean the destrcution of existing knowledge and any existing dogmas based on intuition?

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