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>For instance, why does silicon have to be assumed? Why not germanium or graphite, or something else? Why a traditional computing architecture in the first pla
by rl3 10y ago
>For instance, why does silicon have to be assumed? Why not germanium or graphite, or something else?
Why a traditional computing architecture in the first place? Assuming you throw ethics out the window, the fastest path to superintelligence may be via biological material.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/aug/18/first-almost-fully-formed-human-brain-grown-in-lab-researchers-claim https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/aug/18/first-almost...
- adrianN 10y agoI wonder why ethical questions should be different depending on the hardware the AI runs on.
- rl3 10y agoIn an absolute sense there probably wouldn't be any difference—certainly none in theory anyways, based on our current scientific knowledge. When considering logistics however, there may be. Digital and biological approaches might ultimately produce the same mind in the end, but their methods of getting there may differ considerably due to the underlying medium. That's where I suspect the ethical differences may lie. Who knows, digital could end up being worse somehow—I certainly wouldn't want to be a HAL 9000 unit undergoing a shutdown procedure. Especially when I can just pay for singing lessons.