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If this could be done for a human, I think there is a realistic prospect of perhaps being the first human "brought back to life inside a computer". Sure, the c
by londons_explore 2y ago
If this could be done for a human, I think there is a realistic prospect of perhaps being the first human "brought back to life inside a computer".
Sure, the connectome isn't the whole story, but I think it possible that a few hundred years from now we might understand the brain sufficiently to simulate it, and then by inputting this connectome, together with guesses/approximations for the information not captured, that person is effectively time-travelled.
Could be amazing for archaeologists - rather than looking at broken bits of pottery and guessing what they're used for, you could literally just ask someone (a brain) from that time.
- groestl 2y agoI fully agree, but at the same time it gives me Black Mirror vibes.
- londons_explore 2y agoOn the other hand, I suspect just putting your brain in a jar filled with formaldehyde has similar chances of future humans managing to re-animate it. With a connectome, you can make hundreds of copies of the data round the world. With pickled-brain-in-a-jar you better make sure that jar is well hidden in a dusty basement for long enough to not get chucked out, but not so well hidden future generations never find it.
- codeulike 2y agohttps://qntm.org/mmacevedo https://qntm.org/mmacevedo
- tim333 2y agoLong before bringing people back based on analysis of their neurons, there will be many people 'brought back' by something like an LLM acting like them similar to how a human actor sort of becomes someone. There have already been crude efforts and I guess as time goes on they will get better. (eg. the Kurzweils in 2016 https://www.pcmag.com/articles/how-ray-kurzweil-and-his-daughter-brought-a-relative-back-from-the-dead https://www.pcmag.com/articles/how-ray-kurzweil-and-his-daug...)