On Jul 20, 2012, at 2:21 PM, Ben Goertzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Regarding "years ago", I published similar ideas to these in an > article in Complexity magazine in 1998... similar text is here
Dear Ben, I am glad you decoded the brain as far back as 1998, it's been bugging me for the longest of times ;) What I think is missing from neurocommentary and neurospeculation I read left and right is this: "I know that performing experiments A, B, C, and ... will conclusively prove/disprove X". So, something akin to a vision or a research programme. In a recent TV program there was this unconvincing dude saying "immortality? Sure, I'll slice and dice and measure your brain cells and will put them together later". I dont know if it is a recipe for immortality, but it still looks like a tiny step towards **understanding** the brain, it could still be easier to solve chess than reverse engineer a network of billions of cells. Lets not waste this, the brain, the largest sex organ, in the pursuit of AGI. Instead use it for what it's meant to: the wild thing! AT ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-c97d2393 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-2484a968 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
