EPTAnyways, the article makes it seem like the technology is there. Now it's just an ethical issue. Do you really want to create a 'brain', with no sensory organs living in complete darkness? Imagine that, a brain... no eyes, no touch, nothing... just thought and eventual madness no doubt. And how would we even know the brain was conscious it couldn't express itself. Personally, I think consciousness can be mapped, I just think it's a bit more complex than just recreating a brain.
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Xusneb
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Anyways, the article makes it seem like the technology is there. Now it's just an ethical issue. Do you really want to create a 'brain', with no sensory organs living in complete darkness? Imagine that, a brain... no eyes, no touch, nothing... just thought and eventual madness no doubt. And how would we even know the brain was conscious it couldn't express itself. Personally, I think consciousness can be mapped, I just think it's a bit more complex than just recreating a brain. | ||
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On April 23 2009 12:06 ahrara_ wrote: i meant behavior that emerges in the synthesis of a bunch of components, but is not apparent in the individual components. for example, individual brain cells are incapable of higher thought, but when you throw a bunch of them together, they began exhibiting new kinds of behavior as a collective. i wasn't talking about any existentialist/spiritual stuff. ah, my bad. well anyways from what I understand the project is hoping for some sort of consciousness to emerge, eventually. I still am not even sure I understand the project. The simulation is entirely software based? Like, it's just information? | ||
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On April 23 2009 11:44 deathgod6 wrote: Have you ever seen any SciFi movies with artificial intelligence? You mean like the Matrix, Battlestar Galactica, Terminator, 2001: A space odyssey... yeah I think I'll stick to natural intelligence. + Show Spoiler + I don't really think any of the things in those movies could happen. It will be quite impossible to create an artificial brain for a very very long time if ever. | ||
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Are they not worried about that? well I guess if the program was complex enough to match the molecular structure of an entire brain it could simulate analog signals as well? | ||
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deathgod6
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On April 23 2009 12:07 SayaSP wrote: Make it play starcraft We already have enough mindless "drones" and macro bots. See what I did there? | ||
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shmay
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On April 23 2009 12:24 travis wrote: I have another question too. The brain isn't solely digital right? It is analog as well? Are they not worried about that? well I guess if the program was complex enough to match the molecular structure of an entire brain it could simulate analog signals as well? Yeah, the brain is (i believe) analog, and we would have to find a way to simulate it on our digital computers. Check out Ray Kurzweil's The Singularity is Near if you're interested in the science of AI | ||
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On April 23 2009 16:17 shmay wrote: Yeah, the brain is (i believe) analog, and we would have to find a way to simulate it on our digital computers. Check out Ray Kurzweil's The Singularity is Near if you're interested in the science of AI read it | ||
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