Right, we would have to measure perhaps most of the neurons in a living brain at the same time to understand what is going on. Building an artificial brain mad

Right, we would have to measure perhaps most of the neurons in a living brain at the same time to understand what is going on. Building an artificial brain made of billions of artificial neurons and of synapses is a worthy goal but it could be like building a working computer. Having a computer does not tell us what is running in the computer. Software is the ghost in the machine. We don't want to simulate neurons and synapses, we want to simulate the programs that are running in actual brains. But what are they? And how could we find that out?