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The basic premise of writing a model for the entire human brain in software is bunk. The general idea, as I understand it, is to write a piece of software that
by donw 18y ago
The basic premise of writing a model for the entire human brain in software is bunk. The general idea, as I understand it, is to write a piece of software that simulates the biochemical processes that happen in the brain, with the neurons themselves being represented by some sort of graph.
Basically, the 'brain-in-a-jar', except the jar is virtualized.
- ericb 18y agoCould you elaborate on why you think it is bunk?
- rw 18y agoDo you have any actual criticisms of modeling brains in software? Please read http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html
- donw 18y agoI somehow managed to say the exact opposite of what I wanted. What I meant to say is that physically coding every bit of what every neuron does in software makes zero sense. As in, having X lines of code for neuron one, X for neuron two, etc. Which is what the original article seems to apply with the 'lines of C++ code' estimation -- that you would have to write unique code for every neuron. What makes sense to me, is to build a software model of a brain, and let that grow in the same way brains grow naturally, just in a virtualized environment. Hope that makes sense now.