First, what I meant by Hofstadter's piece "Looks dates..." is hasn't coyn. Sci advanced far beyond it? I thought science moved past. Oh, yeah, I believe his theory is sound, but now what Understand. Yes, what he says is even simple, but that too is not murder by faint praise. Relativity was simple too. Sometimes people miss the simple truths and it takes an Einstein or Hofstadter to point them out, and then we build upon them" So my concern was "where are we now , in 2012"

Here's some ideas I have: a) the human mind is and illusion of unity - in fact we have a mess of sub-minds vying with each other to run the show, maybe "supervised" or "overseen" by our pre-frontal cortexes; b) computers, as far as I know, don't have a mess of CPU's vying for their own unique interests (e.g. sex, hanger, air, warmth, success...) c) nor do computers, as far as I know, operate indeterminisfically, while I think human minds may, simply because their are so many factors that influence minds (e.g. a person beig depressed, manic, insecure,...bit by a mosquito, skipping breakfast). somewhat like quantum theory being indeterministic (last I know) - computers are more reliable! d) our braind, which produce our minds, áre organic, not mechanical, and it may be impossible to translate our brain's mind into a mechanical mind, or vice versa, at least with current technology; e) computers operate on a bianry system (last I knew), whereas brains operate with many shades of neurtransmitter gray and in more connections than computer circuits - I doubt the binary type of computers common today can emulate a human brain or even higher animal, indostinguishably. These are some possible problems, that must be kept in mind (along with the fac that we are the product of natural selection, thus, somwhat, selfish, etc) by anyone trying to develop humanish A I.

I think A I (human-like)is possible, but maybe should start witrh computers that more resemble the workings of human brains. May be start with a biological computer, that relies on "neurons" and "neurotransmitters and is more sensitive to it's environemnt with a drive to thrive, like humans. This would deoend on excellent nanotech, and I am not sure where that's at right now.