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Yes, and the methodology I've described (whole brain emulation/WBE) is the worst-case, brute-force, but guaranteed approach. The following diagram captures the
by mrshadowgoose 6y ago
Yes, and the methodology I've described (whole brain emulation/WBE) is the worst-case, brute-force, but guaranteed approach. The following diagram captures the expected growth rate of computing power, and contrasts it with several thresholds (in blue) for emulation fidelity ultimately required: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_uploading#/media/File:Whole_brain_emulation.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_uploading#/media/File:Who...
The human brain works, therefore this technique will work, it's just a matter of having enough computing power.
I will re-iterate though, we are pursuing various alternative pathways to artificial intelligence, and modern machine learning has already demonstrated super-human performance within constrained domains. It's my personal belief that we will achieve human-level general intelligence long before WBE becomes practical.
- ubercore 6y agoThis sounds bonkers to me. We don't even understand fully what it would take to emulate a brain right now. I don't believe this for one second.
- astrange 6y agoEmulating a brain doesn't necessarily mean you can tell it what to do. After all, you can't always tell humans what to do, and this might somehow be a necessary component of human-level intelligence.
- ThalesX 6y agoWould it not be feasible yet for very simple organisms?
- mrshadowgoose 6y agoIt's currently being worked on [1]. It's only recently that we've managed to capture the complete nervous system connectivity of C. Elegans, one of the simplest organisms with a nervous system. [2] [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenWorm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenWorm [2]https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1352-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1352-7
- formerly_proven 6y ago"There are more synapses in each human brain than stars in the known universe". [1] I don't believe there is anything guaranteed about "whole [human] brain emulation" in this century. [1] This isn't quite true, because we estimate there are around 10^22 to 10^24 stars in the universe, while estimations for number of synapses range from 10^14 to 10^15.