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> I had hoped this story was about a physical worm's brain being transplanted into a robot. isn't that so much less interesting with respect to technology, bio
by catshirt 12y ago
> I had hoped this story was about a physical worm's brain being transplanted into a robot.
isn't that so much less interesting with respect to technology, biology, and philosophy? isn't putting a biological brain into a robot just an exercise in mapping inputs and outputs? we have already done this with human prosthetics.
how the brain communicates with other parts of your body is not much of a mystery.
synthesizing a brain in software seems so much more profound. not only is it a tool for helping understand the brain itself, but more importantly, consciousness.
- ortusdux 12y agoMy initial though was actually that they had a working model of the brain, put neurons in a setup that mimicked the same inputs and outputs, and the neurons arranged in the same configuration as the model. A real life proof of concept of their model. Would be awesome.
- ortusdux 12y agoMy initial though was actually that they had a working model of the brain, put neurons in a setup that mimicked the same inputs and outputs, and the neurons arranged in the same configuration as the model. A real life proof of concept of their model. Would be awesome.