I agree, getting an uploaded brain to even approach the alleged fork in identical consciousness Kurzweil wrote about in roughly the 2000 time frame, will be much more difficult than creating powerful machine superintelligence.
On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 9:28 PM, TimTyler <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2015-10-14 15:39, EdFromNH . wrote: > > Re uploading, I should think those who are seeking to make "safe" AI >> should be rather afraid of uploaded minds, because of their potential to >> merge into machine superintelligence, while presumably maintaining all the >> primal, often conflicting, and largely selfish instincts of human nature. >> > > Bostrom argues in his book on the topic that the technology required to > implement > uploads would probably lead instead to what he calls 'neuromorphic AI' - > which I > think refers to neural networks. He identifies these as being relatively > difficult to > control and as lacking in transparency. > > I think the correct conclusion is not that we should be afraid of uploads > - but > rather that we should forget about uploads of individual minds playing a > significant role. By the time uploads become practical, other forms of > machine intelligence are likely to have already surged ahead, and the > uploads > will be obsolete. > > -- > __________ > |im Tyler http://timtyler.org/ > > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/8630185-a57a74e1 > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > ------------------------------------------- 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
