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Sort of, but mostly not. The critical distinction is that, given better data (the instruction set, the source code or binary of the OS and camera app), the sche
by samatman 2y ago
Sort of, but mostly not. The critical distinction is that, given better data (the instruction set, the source code or binary of the OS and camera app), the schematics and die shots aren't necessary or even useful.
It's unlikely that brains have an abstraction layer like that, so work like this is a necessary precondition to understanding the rest of how it works. That actual understanding may be elusive for quite some time to come, but without a connectome, forget it, no change.
- snorin 2y agoWhy exactly would it be unlikely?
- Retric 2y agoIt would be really inefficient and neurons inherently provide a great deal of flexibility. Larger animals might use this kind of thing, but insects don’t have that many neurons to work with. Luckily this is science so we can actually find out.
- criddell 2y ago> given better data And maybe there’s some data or concept that will one day be discovered that will be the key to unlocking how brains work. For my analogy, I was thinking more of how the connectome is, like schematics, static and the dynamic part is probably more interesting.