Hi Mark,
Your brain can be simulated on a large/fast enough von Neumann architecture.
From the behavioral perspective (which is good enough for AGI) - yes,
but that's not the whole story when it comes to human brain. In our brains, information not only "is" and "moves" but also "feels". From my perspective, the idea of uploading human mind into (or fully simulating in) a VN architecture system is like trying to create (not just draw) a 3D object in a 2D space. You can find a way how to represent it even in 1D, but you miss the "real" view - which, in this analogy, would be the beauty (or awfulness) needed to justify actions. It's meaningless to take action without feelings - you are practically dead - there is just some mechanical device trying to make moves in your way of thinking. But thinking is not our goal. Feeling is. The goal is to not have goal(s) and safely feel the best forever.
prove that you aren't just living in a simulation.
Impossible
If you can't, then you must either concede that feeling pain is possible for a
simulated entity.. It is possible. There are just good reasons to believe that it takes more than a bunch of semiconductor based slots storing 1s and 0s. Regards, Jiri ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=231415&user_secret=e9e40a7e
