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This is the same base paper/research as in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31386091 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31386091, which has a lively discu
by abathur 4y ago
This is the same base paper/research as in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31386091 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31386091, which has a lively discussion... (and, at least as I write this, is also on the first page) :)
- SemanticStrengh 4y agoI find it very relevant to this Brain FLOPs estimation as it reduce the upper limit by a factor of ten https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31385913 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31385913 It means the brain has at max 8.1 million firing events per seconds so only 10% of neurons (or axons?) would be active in a second timeframe? BTW if so this has a huge implication on consciousness. premise 1) we know that reduced consciousness is a continuu, indicating a percentage of inhibited (deactivated) neurons, which can be gradually increased via e.g. benzodiazepines up to a coma or cerbral death. Many depressants reports as a symptom the intermediate feeling of reduced consciousness. Now if we assume only ~ten percent of neurons are active at a given time, and as shown in premise 1) consciousness is a result of neuron activation and is physically located as the acitvated neurons. Then time passe and for some reason/stimulus, the newly activated neurons do not overlap with the previous 10%. In this experience of thought, since there is no overlap, the previous consciousness location has totally shut down like a brain death, and the new consciousness reside in newly activated neurons. Are you the same person? Since the physical location is disjoint, if you suppose you are, you have zero criterion for discriminating you from newly made isomorphic clones which is a paradox assuming there can't be multiple you.