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I read something along the lines of files having no meaning until we interpret them with programs. The idea is that files are almost schemaless and we bestow a
by Rapzid 9y ago
I read something along the lines of files having no meaning until we interpret them with programs. The idea is that files are almost schemaless and we bestow a schema on them by the way we consume them with programs. I believe this may have been a SQL book...
In any case, what does "copying the brain" mean if we don't fully understand how it works? How can we bestow meaning on the raw data, given we can even collect it, without knowing exactly how the brain itself interprets it?
- IIAOPSW 9y agoWhat if there is no meaning. What if "meaning" is just a word we invented to describe whatever our brain does with information.
- GCU-Empiricist 9y agoIdeally if you are copying a brain, you are going to copy the I/O schema (spine connecting to a "body", eyes, ears, nose, mouth, ect). When you run a brain as a computer program you don't want a disembodied mind, you want a person who "really-is" in a VR environment.
- JoeAltmaier 9y agoDiscussed at length in the book "We are Legion; We are Bob" where a disembodied mind creates a VR environment to preserve its sanity.
- JoeAltmaier 9y agoI'm pretty sure we know how disembodied brains would work - consider any quadriplegic. They may as well be disembodied, yet they can continue to mentally function at a high level. Agreed 'copying the brain' would have to copy/checkpoint the software running, or you risk failing to connect meaningfully with the environment. It'd be hard for a deaf/dumb/quad brain to learn to speak or interact from scratch.