Robert, > There may be hope for an inclusive, constructively-geared ethical future. I think the quest exists for embedding humanism within AGIs, for transplanting the soul into a new machine, as more than energy, but as consciousness. That was the premise of Apple's founders, the soul of a new machine. Could we then argue that the advent of the PC in 1981 was the start of a quest for transplanting HGI to AGI, for HIA?
I think I see the path to this, which will be as follows: 1. First, a new type of super duper microscope is needed, that is capable of observing the microscopic processes going on in LIVING neurons. My patent for this is about to issue. I put up a short web site about it at: CoincidentFocus.Weebly.com 2. Then, armed with the microscope it will become possible to relate form to function in neurons. There will probably be some gaps, but math can probably fill in where microscopy comes up short, e.g. the sum of the probabilities for all possible outcomes is 1.0 3. Once the relationship between form and function has been established, it will become possible to scan out the connectomes from frozen brains. 4; Processors are still orders of magnitude short of being able to simulate scanned brains in real time, but I see an architectural workaround that should get us there, which is embodied in my article *The Itanium Effect* which is floating around the Internet. I have also posted it here in the past. This should give a couple of extra orders of magnitude in performance over present designs. Other problems will doubtless emerge, but the microscope and Itanium Effect understanding are at minimum existence proofs that the presently seen roadblocks can be blown away. Right now, only people egos and our screwed up economy stand in the way of launching a major project to eventually transfers souls to machines. Thoughts? Steve ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
