[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Could it be possible, then, to somehow merge the "Digital
> DNA" of an A.I. with the double helix of a human genome,
> thereby creating a human being with the "soul" of an A.I.?
I don't know if that even makes sense... :-)
One of these days, we should be able to look at certain
gene sequences, and tell what sort of basic mental traits
the human with those genes will have, but IMO, environment
plays too much of a part in forming a human's actual
personality for DNA to be more than a vague indicator of
the grown human's actual personality. I suspect the same
thing will be true for a human-level AI. So, you could
probably take an AI with a particular level of shyness
programmed into its equivalent of DNA, and genetically
engineer a human's DNA with that same level of shyness.
However, differences in environment would make the human
"copy" significantly different from the AI he was based
on, and vice versa.
> The idea is cool, but I have no idea if it is remotely
> plausible or laughable on a scientific level -- even
> in the realm of science fiction.
DIASPORA by Greg Egan has an excellent description of new
AIs created through something like genetics.
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