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Even if all we can do is create a copy of a human brain, it seems like it wouldn't be an incredibly difficult step (given the traits of current computers) to gi
by nicolashahn 9y ago
Even if all we can do is create a copy of a human brain, it seems like it wouldn't be an incredibly difficult step (given the traits of current computers) to give that brain 1000x faster thinking compared to us, a perfect memory, and an indefinite lifespan? It seems like a person with those characteristics, if they decided to act immorally, could accomplish quite a bit.
- edgarvaldes 9y ago>indefinite lifespan What materials are we talking about?
- nicolashahn 9y agoWhatever current electronics are made out of? Silicon? It doesn't really matter when you can easily backup data and replace parts. Haven't really figured that one out with human brains yet.
- gooseus 9y agoHere is a good article describing some of the limitations of sand we may face - https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/05/29/the-world-is-running-out-of-sand https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/05/29/the-world-is-r... Humans brains replace themselves and the resources it takes to grow a new human (complete with a new brain) are much lower and easier to acquire than any artificial brain we may come up with. It takes awhile to get little humans up to speed, but they'll adapt to any environment you throw at them and in a time of strife will be able to make themselves useful way sooner than they do today. Any time you start saying words like "indefinitely" you're falling into a trap. We may have "infinite" silicon available on the earth, but it's not equally accessible and it can't all be extracted and refined in the same way.
- brett40324 9y ago1000 times faster is not the incredibly hard part. Its the immense amount of massively parallel signal processing that the neocortex achieves every second.