[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
It is well established that the current hardware level of silicon-based
AI does not have the power to simulate/model the full complexity of the
human brain. But it is simply a matter of numbers: bits and Hertz. One
day, the hardware -- be it silicon or some other synthetic computational
technology -- will probably reach the needed complexity. At that
point, I think it is reasonable to assume that we can build/train a
human-equivalent AI.
One of the main issues is whether or not you need a body to have a human-like
intelligence. Consciousness is all about sensation and the ability to build
an abstract model of what these sensations are doing to the body and how the
body is responding. In the absence of a body it may not be possible to build
a conscious machine. If the body is too different from our own it may be that
the intelligence tied to that body will be so alien to us as to not be
understood as intelligent.
