We are all aware that these machines have advanced to become a social necessity. Compared with the finite brain of the homo-sapien they are faster, more reliable, the result being that these machines are taking over.......
Computers are now programmed to learn from the consequences of decisions and so build up a memory of experience. A machine that can think!! Computers not only compete with Master's of the game of Chess,
but they can win. I have been surprised to see youth's playing 'whatever game' on the p.c. to win money? No chance whatsoever. If someone were to give these lads a brain......they would have one.
The p.c. now solves political problems quickly by "determining the policy of minimum risk". Who can tell but what soon we shall be deciding our careers, selecting our wives, playing the stock exchange, resolving personal problems and assessing situations all by the computer. Our lives will be dominated by the electronic brain........dear Lord help us.
There is no doubt that computerisation is invaluable to industry, sociologist's, educationalist's, and all who need statistics at speed. But it will never be a match for the human brain.
1 The human brain filters information, selecting required data from a mass of irrelevant details. The p.c. will always have a periphery of irrelevant details and procedure.
2 Computers have to be fed with precise written programmes. Who or what can prepare these programmes? The human brain. The programme-decider will always be the master. Then again no computer has feelings. They may simulate them, but no machine can experience the emotional complexities, the poignant sensations, the moral judgements of a human being. Can a machine laugh, or weep, or reproduce, or be conscience stricken, love hate, or worship God.
Modern technology is getting so advanced that the production of a man made man is no longer scientific fiction. REvelation 13 : 15 of an image that has life, that can speak, that can destroy, is approaching reality.
But will happiness ensue? No, true happiness is outside of the mechanical sphere, no computer can produce peace of mind: nor does happiness lie in the monetary sphere, nor does happiness come from mental stimulation. There is a measure of delight in music, in literature and the arts, but happiness lies deeper than such can reach. Happiness certainly does not come from medication or the use of drugs. Nor does happiness spring from morality, or natural goodness.
There is only one source from which man's true happiness derives and that is conformity to the will of his Maker. St. Augustines great dictum applies here: "Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart cannot be quieted till it find repose in Thee" Fellowship with God brings to us "love which passeth knowledge" (Eph. 3:9) "joy unspeakable and full of glory" (1Peter 1:8) and "peace which passes all understanding" (Phil 4:7)
Such are beyond the power of any computer to manufacture or assess.
Computers are now programmed to learn from the consequences of decisions and so build up a memory of experience. A machine that can think!! Computers not only compete with Master's of the game of Chess,
but they can win. I have been surprised to see youth's playing 'whatever game' on the p.c. to win money? No chance whatsoever. If someone were to give these lads a brain......they would have one.
The p.c. now solves political problems quickly by "determining the policy of minimum risk". Who can tell but what soon we shall be deciding our careers, selecting our wives, playing the stock exchange, resolving personal problems and assessing situations all by the computer. Our lives will be dominated by the electronic brain........dear Lord help us.
There is no doubt that computerisation is invaluable to industry, sociologist's, educationalist's, and all who need statistics at speed. But it will never be a match for the human brain.
1 The human brain filters information, selecting required data from a mass of irrelevant details. The p.c. will always have a periphery of irrelevant details and procedure.
2 Computers have to be fed with precise written programmes. Who or what can prepare these programmes? The human brain. The programme-decider will always be the master. Then again no computer has feelings. They may simulate them, but no machine can experience the emotional complexities, the poignant sensations, the moral judgements of a human being. Can a machine laugh, or weep, or reproduce, or be conscience stricken, love hate, or worship God.
Modern technology is getting so advanced that the production of a man made man is no longer scientific fiction. REvelation 13 : 15 of an image that has life, that can speak, that can destroy, is approaching reality.
But will happiness ensue? No, true happiness is outside of the mechanical sphere, no computer can produce peace of mind: nor does happiness lie in the monetary sphere, nor does happiness come from mental stimulation. There is a measure of delight in music, in literature and the arts, but happiness lies deeper than such can reach. Happiness certainly does not come from medication or the use of drugs. Nor does happiness spring from morality, or natural goodness.
There is only one source from which man's true happiness derives and that is conformity to the will of his Maker. St. Augustines great dictum applies here: "Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart cannot be quieted till it find repose in Thee" Fellowship with God brings to us "love which passeth knowledge" (Eph. 3:9) "joy unspeakable and full of glory" (1Peter 1:8) and "peace which passes all understanding" (Phil 4:7)
Such are beyond the power of any computer to manufacture or assess.
