Schizophrenic Computer Points to New Theory of Disease

Back in the 90s, Neal Stephenson wrote a great short story about the implications of such technology: <a href="http://www.vanemden.com/books/neals/jipi.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.vanemden.com/books/neals/jipi.html</a>

I couldn't help but think of a drug user's eagerness to attach deeper meaning to seemingly unimportant events while under the effects of heightened dopamine levels.

This is truly fascinating, both from a computer perspective as well as a psychological perspective. I have a person very close to me who may be schizo-affective (diagnosing these things can be a bitch!), so I'm all for anything that helps us understand the disorder.

I can't help but think: no wonder the computer is experiencing schizophrenic symptoms; they never let it sleep!

How does assigning greater importance to learning lead to mixing up identities?<p>There doesn't seem to be a link to the actual paper (if there is one yet) - the DISCERN link is to a 1998 paper. The idea of a "story parser" is interesting...

I also have a schizophrenic computer, but that points to the fact that I shouldn't have upgraded to OS X Lion.