We do differ from computers and robots in various ways because we have an associative memory - which is the main difference.
If you program a computer to do a certain thing, and program a computer to do the same thing, both computers will do that thing regardless of the fact the other is doing it.
If you program a robot to pick up a box and move it to another place, but remove the box, it'll still walk over to where the box was and pick up the box.
Now if you tell a human being to pick up a box, and remove the box, it wonders where the box went. If you assign it a task, and assign another human a task, it asks 'Why are we both doing the same task?'
This is all because even before were programmed (conditioned) by environment, we still build up various associations straight from birth which inform the way we react to our programming when it eventually starts later.
Also, computers can do much more than humans because they can process more information faster. A computer can process trillions of bits of information a second where as the human brain cannot (it only has a raw clock speed of about 20 billion bits per second).
You also couldn't merge computers with human brains properly using implants and stuff. The reason for this is that electricity flows through the brain to make memories or associations at a fairly slow rate, while in a circuit, electricity flows at nearly the speed of light. If you try to speed up the flow of electricity through the brain using a chip, nothing will happen (except maybe you cook the brain).
If you program a computer to do a certain thing, and program a computer to do the same thing, both computers will do that thing regardless of the fact the other is doing it.
If you program a robot to pick up a box and move it to another place, but remove the box, it'll still walk over to where the box was and pick up the box.
Now if you tell a human being to pick up a box, and remove the box, it wonders where the box went. If you assign it a task, and assign another human a task, it asks 'Why are we both doing the same task?'
This is all because even before were programmed (conditioned) by environment, we still build up various associations straight from birth which inform the way we react to our programming when it eventually starts later.
Also, computers can do much more than humans because they can process more information faster. A computer can process trillions of bits of information a second where as the human brain cannot (it only has a raw clock speed of about 20 billion bits per second).
You also couldn't merge computers with human brains properly using implants and stuff. The reason for this is that electricity flows through the brain to make memories or associations at a fairly slow rate, while in a circuit, electricity flows at nearly the speed of light. If you try to speed up the flow of electricity through the brain using a chip, nothing will happen (except maybe you cook the brain).
