Overlooking the Alternative?

Hubert Dreyfus denies that the brain is analogous to computer hardware and therefore we will never achieve true articifical intelligence. There is a lot of debate on whether articifical intelligence can be achieved and with an explosive society of technology, it still seems plausible even though it hasn't happened yet. But as Dreyfus argues, the mind is so complex that there is no way a robot can exhibit true human qualities. This part I can agree with.





What I think many scientists and philosophers overlook is the opposite of the above statement. Many can make an argument (like Harraway) that humans are becoming cyborgs of sorts, with our medicines, bionic limbs for injured war veterans, glasses and contacts, etc. With this technological age, we have artificial organs now, even the heart; the very center of what keeps us alive. We only know what we can perceive but it could be possible that humans become the AI and possibly live forever. Engineering tries to make AI from scratch, but maybe all they need is to wait for the day that humans themselves become the robots. It is hard to imagine that even our own skin and blood could concede to technology, but then again, it was hard to imagine in the 17th century that the earth was not the center of the universe, but to us now, that it just common sense.