Complex instructions

Do complex instructions come from minds, or could mindless processes write them? The difficulty of the instructions is a huge part of the question, but the medium in which they were written adds to the question. If they were carved in stone, painted on a cave wall, written with a pin or pencil, found in digital code, or set up in biological systems, what would that add to mindlessness being able to pull it off, or do all of them suggest a mind was at work?

@KellyJay said
Do complex instructions come from minds, or could mindless processes write them? The difficulty of the instructions is a huge part of the question, but the medium in which they were written adds to the question. If they were carved in stone, painted on a cave wall, written with a pin or pencil, found in digital code, or set up in biological systems, what would that add to mindlessness being able to pull it off, or do all of them suggest a mind was at work?

@KellyJay said
Do complex instructions come from minds, or could mindless processes write them? The difficulty of the instructions is a huge part of the question, but the medium in which they were written adds to the question. If they were carved in stone, painted on a cave wall, written with a pin or pencil, found in digital code, or set up in biological systems, what would that add to mindlessness being able to pull it off, or do all of them suggest a mind was at work?

@mchill said
I'm not exactly sure what you're getting at here, but will try to answer your first 2 questions:

1. Q: Do complex instructions come from minds? A: Yes, mindless things such as rocks, water, fire hydrants etc. don't normally produce complex instructions they are normally produced by creatures possessing some intelligence.

2. Q: Could mindless processes write them? A: Yes - Computer programs such as A.I. could write them, but only if they were programmed to do so.

@KellyJay said
You are confused if you think a mind is not behind AI, the A is a real thing in ARTIFICIAL intelligence, it totally depends upon the coders who place variables in the code and tell AI what to do with them, the coder instructs what weight should be placed on something rather than others. AI is a tool, not a being with the will to act upon its own volition.

@mchill said
I'm not exactly sure what you're getting at here, but will try to answer your first 2 questions:

1. Q: Do complex instructions come from minds? A: Yes, mindless things such as rocks, water, fire hydrants etc. don't normally produce complex instructions they are normally produced by creatures possessing some intelligence.

2. Q: Could mindless processes write them? A: Yes - Computer programs such as A.I. could write them, but only if they were programmed to do so.

@Soothfast said
You should probably read the book "Irreducible" by Federico Faggin, which came out only a few months ago. He invented the microprocessor and talks along similar lines.

@KellyJay said
I worked in the backend of microprocessor development for over 20 years, so I've dabbled in both hardware and software, they don't just come together and work without a great deal of effort.

@Soothfast said
True, albeit rather obvious.