Leveraging bio-computational ability into anything

[banzai]

If you could compare our bio-computational ability to a computer, what, then, sort of operating systems can you run to take a brute force approach (mentally) to things that others stumble upon casually?

In an age of growing virtualization, what sort of mind games do you play to run... legacy software (small_talk.exe?)

I will try to think of some of the stuff I do... it only makes sense to leverage our strengths to make up for our weaknesses.

Yeah, ok, I'm a networks guy, so cut me some slack with the analogy.

[qwerty]

it's an interesting analogy and I guess you can apply it where you like.

Myself I see it more in lines of what can I apply externally to my operating system. Say there's this neat office suite that another type has built, I'll take it and install it on my own system.
So I guess that is a game I play. I have my own area but I'm extremely interested in other peoples expertise and try to apply the design patterns of theirs and ideas from them to mine.

E.g.
Computer Programming: looking at economic theory for agent negotiations.

[Myrak]

I will try to think of some of the stuff I do... it only makes sense to leverage our strengths to make up for our weaknesses.

Just being able to feign caring about people's meagre problems is a great task for my technical mind. It's all fun analysing people, but when you come to listening to people's inane chatter then I wish there was just a way to "brute force" through it, as you put it.

[banzai]

Just being able to feign caring about people's meagre problems is a great task for my technical mind. It's all fun analysing people, but when you come to listening to people's inane chatter then I wish there was just a way to "brute force" through it, as you put it.

Exactly, and what I am suggesting is that one could emulate this sort of thing.

Sort of like... emotional AI. Computers can't think, but with pure processing they can at least appear to think to a certain degree.

[BlackHawk]

I think the best way to appear to care is either
a) get in a relationship with someone that is willing to "care" in your stead
or
b) pretend their experience is a random, anomalous problem in your system. Have fun listening to their description as you come up with a great new way to fix it. (You don't have to share!)

That's how I think of it. It works for me!