On Jul 30, 1:24 am, Jason Resch <[email protected]> wrote: > What if this group of biological neurons was involved in storing a memory of > one's grandmother, and therefore they only activate when the person is > thinking of her? Would that mean that this hybrid artificial/biological > brain would only be conscious when remembering his grandmother and > unconscious at all other periods in time? If the hybrid brain can be > conscious when not remembering its grandmother, then what role or purpose do > the biologival neurons serve in that time?
No, the biological neurons would be potentially able to IGoogle up grandma. I suspect that any role the neurons played previously would shift to that of executive functions. Theoretically of course. If a skin cell can become a neuron, then neurons from anywhere in the body could probably learn to be boss of the brain. > You might argue that the biological neurons would have to be in some more > critical or central area of the brain, but there is no such center of the > brain where everything comes together. Right, I'm saying that they would adapt to use the robot neurons as slaves just on the strength of their molecular intelligence and cellular survival. Craig -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
