Roger Penrose’s scientific contributions

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The Emperor's New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics
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October 1991

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24 Reads

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630 Citations

The Mathematical Gazette

George Jaroszkiewicz

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Roger Penrose

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... In fact, there is a risk of assimilating the complexity of human mind, such as conscience, awareness and intuition (in many ways still unknown), to simple logical categories, denying space for creativity and innovation. Penrose, then, summarises his theory in the famous motto "human mind is not algorithmic" (Penrose 1989), meaning that human mind is not a Turing machine. This is like saying that intelligence cannot, by definition, be "artificial", as intelligence requires awareness, namely the consciousness that machines don't have. ...

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The winter, the summer and the summer dream of artificial intelligence in law: Presidential address to the 18th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law
The Emperor's New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics
  • Citing Article
  • October 1991

The Mathematical Gazette