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A Professor of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Discusses Terminator Salvation

Posted by Ben Mortimer on November 23, 2009 · View Comments 

terminator salvationEarlier today I had the chance to talk to Noel Sharkey PhD DSc FIEE FBCSCITP FRIN FRSA, Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics at Sheffield university.

During our conversation, which was organised to promote the DVD and Blu-Ray release of Terminator Salvation, the professor and I discussed the possibility of a Skynet-type system taking over, the impact of Hollywood on the public opinion of technology, and what inspired Sharkey to get involved in robotics in the first place.

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Terminator Salvation is out on DVD and Blu-Ray now. You can read our review of the disc here.

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  • Very interesting, but I can't necessarily agree with this fella. He states that the possibility of Skynet is dependent upon the idea that our "mind develops from our brains". If the possibility exists that our brains are mere conduits for our minds, that mind and brain are interdependent but only to allow our mental selves to interact as human beings with physical reality, then it is also possible that a computer brain could also become such a conduit. There are some scientific studies on the go trying to prove this latter idea is actually the case and other military experiments are said to have shown that mind extends beyond the brain (at the very least). So who knows, maybe Skynet is a possibility as is any robot brain become actually conscious in a complete, living and self-aware, self-perpetuating and self-preserving sense.

    Either way, I don't think we are scientifically advanced enough to definitely claim that mind absolutely comes from the brain. The only thing we know for sure is that the brain exists and our mind uses it.
  • Very interesting, but I can't necessarily agree with this fella. He states that the possibility of Skynet is dependent upon the idea that our "mind develops from our brains". If the possibility exists that our brains are mere conduits for our minds, that mind and brain are interdependent but only to allow our mental selves to interact as human beings with physical reality, then it is also possible that a computer brain could also become such a conduit. There are some scientific studies on the go trying to prove this latter idea is actually the case and other military experiments are said to have shown that mind extends beyond the brain (at the very least). So who knows, maybe Skynet is a possibility as is any robot brain become actually conscious in a complete, living and self-aware, self-perpetuating and self-preserving sense.

    Either way, I don't think we are scientifically advanced enough to definitely claim that mind absolutely comes from the brain. The only thing we know for sure is that the brain exists and our mind uses it.
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