The Brain & The Computer

The brain is an object that has boggled the minds of many gentlemen and ladies.

However in order to comprehend something that is incomprehensible, we are forced
to resort to "similes" or "comparisons".

In the early ages they had the clock, and in our present age we have the computer.

We know we cannot compare a clock with a human brain.
But do we know if we can compare a human brain with a computer?

Are their structures similar?
Or completely different?

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Anyways while you can make similarity of function between a computer and the brain in the use of signals, either chemical or binary, I personally believe there is no comparison currently.The strongest super computer operates at one-tenth the speed of a normal brain in comparison of relative thought, while proceeding in memory,recognization, and problem solving algorithms/hypotheses and basing conclusions with data stored within, comparatively it's maximum strength cannot put to function the signals we give out without recognition.Perhaps In the future, but for sure, not now.

I heard the asimo robot creators that honda sponsors are HOPING of creating a version that matches the motor skills of a 3 year old and thinking skills of a 5 year old. That being said, computers are nowhere near the capabilities of a human's brain, yet. But I guess it's possible to compare them since I, and the post above have done so.

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Alright...my opinion

I think what is most important is that the computer is a machine, and a machine is a tool.
And a tool, is an object that functions in one particular function.

The human brain is not a tool.

at their current stage, i sincerely doubt that you can compare computers to the human mind. however, i believe that they may reach that level of sophistication in due time.

if you've ever seen Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, you'd probably understand my drift. once our computers reach that level of advancement, then we can certainly say there are parallels between them and the human mind.

There are some things brains can do that computers cannot, and vice versa.

So I wouldn't say they're entirely comparable.

I wouldn't say that you could compare the entirety of the human brain to a computer, but you could easily compare parts of it. Both work on electrical impulses, for example, and both can effectively utilize logic (in general in terms of peoples' brains).

First of all, why do we need brains? Brains are required to compute sensory information and to move muscles accordingly. In other words, brains take input and produce output much like a computer. The definitions for computer and brain are very specific, but in the abstract sense, they are very comparable.

Let's think about it further and try to do an experiment where we can compare the two. Let's try to put a computer chip in the place of a mouse's brain. Now the only way we can tell the difference other than cutting the mouse's head open is what the mouse does. Remember that what the mouse does is output and if the chip produces the same output for the same input as a mouse's brain then we can not tell the difference between the two. They would then be comparable and functionally equivalent. This experiment is a form of Turing test and is the definitive test for A.I. and unambiguously defines the parameters for intelligence. Therefore all that is required for a computer to become like a brain is to mimic it by doing comparable actions for the same inputs.

So the answer to your questions, yes we can compare the two and the internal mechanism or structure is irrelevant if the output is the same. If I replaced a person's brain with a computer that passed the Turing test then you wouldn't be able to tell the difference.

The power of human brains is million fold more powerful than the computer if humans themselves
do not care about emotion or other immaterial thing in this world.In other words, empowering it by forcing it to work
to its maximum ability.