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Our Brain is Not a Computer

Why A.I. cannot outrun us

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Edward Pearlman
Nov 22, 2024
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Research psychologists have found that our brain is simply not a computer. It doesn’t have file storage for memories, does not process data the way a computer does, and is totally dependent on physical signals from the rest of the body.

One A.I. expert, George Zarkadakis, pointed out in his book In Our Own Image that people have always explained intellig…

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