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Rethinking Human and Machine Intelligence through Kant, Wittgenstein, and Gödel

Version 1 : Received: 13 October 2023 / Approved: 13 October 2023 / Online: 13 October 2023 (11:37:25 CEST)
Version 2 : Received: 26 October 2023 / Approved: 26 October 2023 / Online: 26 October 2023 (11:30:49 CEST)
Version 3 : Received: 5 December 2023 / Approved: 6 December 2023 / Online: 6 December 2023 (09:20:28 CET)
Version 4 : Received: 4 July 2024 / Approved: 4 July 2024 / Online: 5 July 2024 (02:49:50 CEST)

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Jeong, L. J. Rethinking Human and Machine Intelligence through Kant, Wittgenstein, Gödel, and Cantor. Jeong, L. J. Rethinking Human and Machine Intelligence through Kant, Wittgenstein, Gödel, and Cantor.

Abstract

This paper proposes a new metaphysical framework for distinguishing between human and machine intelligence. By drawing an analogy from Kant’s incongruent counterparts, it posits two deterministic worlds -- one comprising a human agent and the other comprising a machine agent. Using ideas from Wittgenstein and Gödel, the paper defines “deterministic knowledge” and investigates how this knowledge is processed differently in those worlds. By postulating the distinctiveness of human intelligence, this paper addresses what it refers to as “the vantage point problem” – namely, how to make a qualitative distinction between the determinist and the universe where the determinist belongs.

Keywords

ontology; AI; incongruent counterparts; computationalism; emergentism; determinism

Subject

Arts and Humanities, Philosophy

Comments (3)

Comment 1
Received: 26 October 2023
Commenter: Jae Lee
Commenter's Conflict of Interests: Author
Comment: I have removed unfamiliar terms like 'quasi-D knowledge,' 'predefined D knowledge,' 'causal D knowledge,' and others. Additionally, I decided to eliminate the discussion about Schneider's ACT test. I've also converted endnotes to footnotes for brevity and made substantial revisions to these notes. I've included references to new figures, such as Max Tegmark and Rudolf Carnap. Furthermore, I've introduced a definition of 'computationalism' to enhance the rigor of my thought experiments. However, the most significant change in this article involved the removal of my previous analogy based on Cantor's diagonal argument. As a result, I had to omit Cantor's name from the original title of the essay.
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Comment 2
Received: 18 November 2023
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Commenter's Conflict of Interests: I am one of the author
Comment: In the abstract, regarding making “a qualitative distinction between the determinist and the universe where the determinist belongs,” I see that this problem can be resolved in a trivial manner by stating that the determinist is merely part of the universe and this is how the determinist differs from the universe. However, I specifically meant to indicate that we must distinguish the determinist’s philosophical, reasoning mind from the whole universe that is supposed to include the determinist herself (e.g., the distinct physical body where her mind resides). The original phrase’s poor wording can cause confusion, so I wanted to leave this comment.

Also, in the matin text, I state:
“In other words, no qualitative distinction has been drawn between the act of declaring the universe as deterministic and all the events of the universe that should also comprise the very act of declaration (This is the “vantage point problem.”).”
Perhaps, I should have written “... all the events of the universe that [are to] also comprise the very act of declaration.”
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Comment 3
Received: 18 November 2023
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Commenter's Conflict of Interests: I am one of the author
Comment: Further to the previous comment, regarding “In other words, no qualitative distinction has been drawn between (1) the act of declaring the universe as deterministic and all the events of the universe that should also comprise (2) the very act of declaration...," one way of interpreting this based on the overall intent of the essay could be the following.

"(1) The act of declaring the universe as deterministic" considered in a philosophical context differs from a trivial event of "(2) the very act of declaration" viewed from a pancomputational perspective.
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