One of the basic features by which the power of the computer is measured is the total amount of information stored in its memory. The greater the amount of stored information, the more advanced and sophisticated the computer
Haim Mazar
One of the basic features by which the power of the computer is measured is the total amount of information stored in its memory. The greater the amount of stored information, the more advanced and sophisticated the computer. Another feature is the ability to retrieve information. Also regarding this ability, the speed of retrieving the information will testify to the power of the computer. Executing this function is like memorization, except that this memorization is "imposed" on the computer. The computer does not remember itself. You have to perform any action that will create an information output and this action is performed by the operator of the computer.
This function also exists in humans, except that no one operates a keyboard or performs any physical action that causes this or that person to remember something. The person himself recalls different items of information in different situations. There can certainly be situations in which a certain person is subjected to a certain factor external to him that requires him to remember various things such as in exams, a police investigation or an association test. In these situations, the one who is asked to recall something, understands that there is some external factor to whom he was forced to reveal this information, since the person requesting the information needs it. Therefore, when it comes to human memory, it must be treated as cognitive memory. During the reminders applied to him, the object of the reminders can ask the requester of the information why he needs it and even if he does not ask, he can wonder to himself and mislead the requester, by giving wrong information. He performs an act of disinformation, which the computer is unable to perform. The computer is not able to lie and is not able to manipulate the information. To perform this type of action requires a certain degree of understanding, even if minimal, of animals.
In terms of human memory, two types of cognitive memory must be distinguished, namely the voluntary cognitive memory and the involuntary cognitive memory. The involuntary memory is the pattern of recollections that occurs during some action that the memory owner performs such as talking to other people or reading. The subject of the conversation can evoke worlds of content and/or items of information stored in his memory and which he uses during the conversation for the purposes of the conversation. Voluntary memory is an attempt by the owner of the memory to recall worlds of content and/or items of information needed for various needs such as exams or police investigation.
The involuntary memory is essentially of a spontaneous nature. The mention is done by itself and in different instances and an example of one of them is the associations. With the owner of the memory, an affinity is created between a treated subject and another subject that has some kind of connection between them. This affinity can be in the form of common words, common sound, common idea and similar situations. In this show, psychological tests are used to identify clinical conditions. Another type of instance is the metaphor whose primary use is literary. You take a word or a certain situation and "plant" it into another situation and thus get a new meaning. When it is said of a certain person that he "filled his mouth with water" it means that he does not want to speak. What we are doing here is describing a physical action that creates a new physical state. A person who fills his mouth with water naturally cannot speak. Therefore, when this seemingly simple physical action is described, it is meant that he condemned himself to silence. In this instance, the owner of the memory performs various manipulations on the information stored in his memory (and this is not meant in the negative sense of the word) and thereby enriches his world of content both intellectually and emotionally. The end result is countless connections and meanings derived from it. This is an operation that the computer is unable to perform since each word and each item of information stands by itself in its memory. The computer does create sentences, but the meanings given to them are left in the hands of the computer users. The computer only performs a linguistic function that was instilled in it by its designers.
Voluntary memory is the process of remembering that is done on purpose and is intended to serve certain needs. If we take, for example, an exam at the end of a semester or at the end of a school year, the examinee uses different techniques in order to remember. An accepted technique is to prepare chapter heads in preparation for giving answers. The heads of the chapters are a kind of summary of a database that the examinee expands during the writing of the exam. Another technique is the recording of a single word that is used by the writer as a means of remembering the things he is supposed to write. These techniques are also used as an aid to speakers, if they are not prepared to use a prepared text. Another memorization technique is photographic memory. In this technique the reader goes over the written material and pictures it with his eyes. However, it must be remembered that not everyone is endowed with this ability. In essence, desire is the willingness to take certain actions to achieve desired goals. Hence, the owner of the voluntary memory has a need, there is a need to take certain actions to externalize the information from his memory since he needs it for the realization of a desired goal. The computer is actually a database of information, as large as it may be, which is manipulated in various ways by those who operate it. He is not able to resort to the act of recalling because to carry out a move of this kind it is necessary to understand that this action is essential and that it is intended to serve a desired purpose.
The technological means available to neuroscientists show that the information stored in the human brain is not concentrated in one place, but distributed in different places. The obvious meaning is that the owner of the memory collects the information he needs from these places and builds his world of content for himself. That is, within the human brain there is a constant interaction between the information items distributed in the brain's geographical space. An example that can illustrate this most is the famous eureka cry of Archimedes when he discovered that the weight of water repelled by a body inside the liquid is equal to the weight of the body itself. Without being aware of it, Archimedes' mind connected various databases related to the problem he was working on solving and at the end of this process came his famous shout that was accompanied by great excitement. Is the computer capable of experiencing intellectual and emotional experiences? Very doubtful if this is indeed possible.
