Kevin wrote: > I think Ben is closer to > anyone in having a true mapping of the > brain and its capabilities. As to whether it ultimately develops the > emergent qualities we speak of..time will tell...even > if it falls short of singularity type hype, i believe it can provide > tremendous benefits to humanity, and that's what I care about.
I appreciate your enthusiasm & support. I'd like to clarify, however, that I'm not actually trying to map or model the human brain, but ONLY to emulate (and eventually exceed) its capabilities. I have studied neuroscience fairly extensively, but have chosen to make Novamente very unbrainlike in many ways, in order to adapt it better to the available hardware platform. Alan Grimes wrote: > Okay, I have some theories... Unfortunately I'm only a theorist so I'll > > need some code-slaves to make any progress but I think that's doable. Code-slaves, huh? I suggest that you're unlikely to make much progress with this management philosophy ;-) Kevin wrote: > If you read any discussion of the Singularity, its hard to > separate what is > being said from theism. These machines are given God like qualities and > powers. It smacks almost of a new religion with its dogma 1's > and 0's, but > reeks of the same old idea that "i am flawed and weak and small and mortal > and I want to be super and sumpremely smart and immortal!" I can't blame > people for looking for such things as the human condition is a rather sad > one.... Well, yeah. I am flawed and weak and small and mortal, and I want to be super and supremely smart and immortal. The interesting thing to come to terms with, is that transforming oneself into a superbeing is in effect a form of *death*. One's current self is really disappearing, if one transforms oneself that completely. What is the thread of identify/awareness that is left, surviving such a transition ??? -- Ben G ------- To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate your subscription, please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?[EMAIL PROTECTED]
