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Some are saying this is no where near the amount of processing the human brain has. But, it doesn't seem we need that much of the brain. There are plenty of s
by yters 8y ago
Some are saying this is no where near the amount of processing the human brain has. But, it doesn't seem we need that much of the brain. There are plenty of stories of highly functional and talented individuals with almost no brain, and this machine would probably be in their ballpark.
- neuromantik8086 8y agoI mean, a lot of the brain is devoted to sensation, so if you don't care about simulating how the brain interprets certain aspects of sensation (motion, depth, vision more generally) you could probably simulate other functions. For memory, however, at least, there's a lot of evidence that you'll need to simulate sensory systems to be able to accurately simulate recall [0]. [0] https://books.google.com/books?id=VjZyDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT597&lpg=PT597&dq=cortical+reinstatement&source=bl&ots=raguZOS29j&sig=h9d66-nczgKMdii_U1ZWs_tuVIQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwichN6K7L3eAhXIVN8KHWTzD4w4FBDoATADegQIAxAB#v=onepage&q=cortical%20reinstatement&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=VjZyDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT597&lpg=...
- still_grokking 8y agoFor context: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/remarkable-story-of-maths-genius-who-had-almost-no-brain-1.1026845 https://www.irishtimes.com/news/remarkable-story-of-maths-ge... https://www.drjudithorloff.com/Free-Articles/Is-Your-Brain-Necessary.htm https://www.drjudithorloff.com/Free-Articles/Is-Your-Brain-N... http://www.rifters.com/real/articles/Science_No-Brain.pdf http://www.rifters.com/real/articles/Science_No-Brain.pdf Another Story: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(07)61127-1/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6...