Tuesday, August 26, 2008

What's the difference between a man and a machine

Listing out the present comparison vis-a-vis the man and the machine is not the theme here. What i m hinting at is the fundamental difference the psychology if you may. The present machine is better at some stuff and the man is better at some (mostly the mushy stuff.. drawing a parallel with the comparison of male v/s female) But the thing is that whatever the deficiencies of machine is right now..there are enough people working at them to have them sorted out in the near future. Then what .. machines will be the master a la 'The Matrix'. Not quite - the human mind is revolving at a fast pace as well ... we may think that the pace evolution is akin to that of a snail... We it is not . The difference in awareness and intellectual/knowledge levels among the kids today and the one before them is fairly noteworthy. So the main question was what is so different in the man and the machine. The man may be weak physically, slow mentally and vulnerable in an array of ways. But the thing is that the human mind is a tortoise .. slow and steady ..it has the capability to think beyond the means presented to him ... something that no machine however advanced can. The human mind may be slow that it needs more time to add simple numbers but it sure can devise a way to get the job done. The human mind on its own may come out a bit weak but coupled with a bit of spirit it can work wonders. The adrenaline factor is one that only makes us do the impossible. The machine on the other hand will shut off faced with an impossible task !

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