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The assumption that the brain is anything remotely resembling a modern computer is entirely unproven. And even more unproven is that we would inevitably be abl
by snickerbockers 2y ago
The assumption that the brain is anything remotely resembling a modern computer is entirely unproven. And even more unproven is that we would inevitably be able to understand it and improve upon it. And yet more unproven still is that this "simulated brain" would be co-operative; if it's actually a 1:1 copy of a human brain then it would necessarily think like a person and be subject to its own whims and desires.
- simonh 2y agoWe don’t have to assume it’s like a modern computer, it may well not be in important ways, but modern computers aren’t the only possible computers. If it’s a physical information processing phenomenon, there’s no theoretical obstacle to replicating it.
- threeseed 2y ago> there’s no theoretical obstacle to replicating it Quantum theory states that there are no passive interactions. So there are real obstacles to replicating complex objects.
- simonh 2y agoThat's only a problem if the relevant functional activity is a quantum effect. We have no problem mass producing complex macroscopic functional objects, and in the ways that are relevant human brains are all examples of the same basic system. Quantum theory doesn't seem to have been an obstacle to mass producing those.
- r721 2y ago>The assumption that the brain is anything remotely resembling a modern computer is entirely unproven. Related discussion (from 2016): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11729499 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11729499