The Fool said: > Processing at the same bitrate and simulate the human mind are > different things. What they have to do to simulate a human mind is to > simulate it's, connectivity, its network.
Well, what do you mean by processing at the same bit rate then? It's been a long time since I made the calculations that came up with 2020-5 as the time when our computers are powerful enough to simulate a mind, but I definitely took into account having to handle the many connections between neurons. > The real interesting bit is that the singularity theory is one of the > better explanations for Fermi's paradox. I don't think it is. I think the only real explanation for Fermi's Paradox is that we've massively underestimated the likelihood of evolution of cultural toolmakers. I don't think the Singularity is a sufficiently strong attractor that all technological civilisations fall into it, and if cultural toolmakers are common then there will be at least some that don't. It only takes one to colonise the galaxy with self-replicating machines and it would be entirely obvious to us. Rich GCU The Great Silence
