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[frantic_writer]

does a human+a computer=an evolved being more intelligent than a human?

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[wyrmwwd]

Unfortunately, no. Computers are actually not more intelligent than humans. They are just faster.

[frantic_writer]

i agree that computers aren't more intelligent, and yet i am not sure that makes the answer to the original question automatically no. since computers have abilities humans can't, they seem to augment our intelligence and mobilize it more..?

[wyrmwwd]

Ok, here is "wyrmwwd's weird mind" time. Have you ever seen "Aliens"? Ripley gets into this big robot/forklift thing to fight Momma Alien. This is how I see computers. I am still the mind behind it, but the computer makes me so much bigger, stronger and shielded, thus making it possible for me to fight evil on a whole new level.

Aren't you sorry you brought this up?

[frantic_writer]

i'm not sorry I brought it up.
Though I haven't seen alien, I would tend to agree with you.

[mama_sweet]

I see computers as a tool for human intelligence. They do not have intelligence, they are tools modeled after intelligence. They enhance the intelligence of the human, but it does not create a separate evolved being. It is a human and the human's tool.

[frantic_writer]

well of course they don't have intelligence. it just seems like they enhance humanity's intelligence. and because they were created by humans and enhance our intelligence, it almost seems like a form of evolution. does this make sense?

[mama_sweet]

Yeah, that is true.

[rabidfrog]

= a human that is good at rapid-speed calculations