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That's a really interesting thought. Essentially, the technical analogy of what a 'soul' could be.
by montenegrohugo 8y ago
That's a really interesting thought. Essentially, the technical analogy of what a 'soul' could be.
- Filligree 8y agoI've read some good SF stories with that premise. Of course, it has nothing to do with reality.
- vidarh 8y agoMaybe it doesn't. But the only way we have of knowing that is to construct an AGI and demonstrate that it can be done in roughly the same volume and power consumption as a human brain.
- vidarh 8y agoYes, we could in theory find when we try to simulate a brain that nothing we do produces anything working. Imagine a simulation where a human being conceived or born or whatever, triggering the instantiation of a "conduit" between a simulation of the universe and a simulation of a mind, where the in-universe brain is "just" a glorified IO device. I think it'd be highly improbable, but looking at the crude simulations we do of computers etc. today, it certainly is likely that simulations would use "dirty tricks" to get more out of the available computational resources, and finding artefacts of such dirty tricks or shortcuts could at least in theory be possible. Of course, the absence of such artefacts unfortunately proves nothing, so the whole thing does have a bit of a "how many angels can dance on pin" feel to it. But it's fun to think about the possible implications. Personally I especially like to bring it up if people try to discuss religion with me.