Sensational

Artificial Intelligence is all the rage. It is dry computer logic linking dry computer “facts.“ Sometimes, it is difficult to remember that humans – and life – are hardly composed of such barren logic. 

Life is sensational, in the full sense of the word. The fabulous five _ sight, sound, taste, smell, feel _ of course, but also kinesthetic and others such as balance. Meanwhile we are internally washed by hormones and directed by moods. Sense flood-ins are transmuted by all our internal mediations, and are finally available for us to use as memories, situations, or even logic.

But note that logic is very far down that list. Human consciousness is multiplex and frequently irrational and infinitely indescribable. Logic is a nice tool to use once in a while, but it is only a tool. Nobody is about to pour their being into a “singularity” which is simply a big hammer.

Logic is extremely dangerous_ as is obvious from every religious war ever fought, and every nihilistic philosophy ever conceived. Supercharged logic with no grounding in sensation is awesomely horrible. And that truly, is artificial intelligence. 

No need to turn to surrealism as a balance. Just taste a cookie, look at a bird, scratch an itch. Enjoy the full joy of being sensational. Because that is our heritage, our existence, and our glory.