Artificial Wisdom

Evolution of computers/Brain for Wisdom
Computers have evolved only for intellegince, which was a foolish human endevour. Intelligence (buddhi), consciousness(chit), mind (mann) and ahankar(ego) - all the four limit our thinking to our body alone and bind us within the cage of body. If we want to be free and live a perfect life, we have to develop wisdom(vivek), pragya and kragya. All these are just words, which denotes perfect computing and decision-making powers to ensure that we do not harm anyone in anyway.

When we talk about computers, we refer to carefully designed machines based on logic, reproducibility, predictability, and mathematics; on the other hand, the human brain is a confused, seemingly random jumble of neurons that behave unpredictably.

Biology is a beautiful thing, and life itself is much smarter than computers. Thus, the brain is both hardware and software. The same interconnected areas, connected by billions of neurons and perhaps trillions of glial cells, can simultaneously perceive, interpret, store, analyze, and distribute.

By their very definition and basic construction, computers have some parts for processing and others for memory; the brain does not do this separation, which makes them enormously efficient.

The same calculations and processes that a computer might take a few million steps can be accomplished through a few hundred neuron transmissions, which require much less energy and are much more efficient; the amount of energy required to be calculated by the world’s fastest supercomputer would be enough to power a building; the human brain would achieve the same processing speed from the same energy needed to charge a dimming light bulb.

Biological processes have taken billions of years to develop perfect, efficient organs that far outpace technology, and we are beginning to reach these artificial “limits.”

Apart from their clear advantage in raw computing power, one of the things that really distinguish brains is the flexibility they show. Essentially, the human brain can rewire itself, a feat formally known as neuroplasticity. Neurons can separate and reconnect with others and even change their basic properties, which a carefully constructed computer cannot.

We see this amazing transformative feat in a wide variety of brain functions, such as the formations of memory, knowledge acquisition, physical development, and even recovery from brain damage. When the brain identifies a more efficient or effective way to compute and function, it can morph and alter its physical and neuronal structure, hence the term “plasticity“. Until we achieve true Artificial Intelligence (in which computers should theoretically be able to re-wire themselves), neuroplasticity will always keep the human brain at least one step ahead of “static” supercomputers.