On 20 August 2014 11:05, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > On 8/19/2014 3:57 PM, LizR wrote: > > Why can't you make a copy? (Is that "in practice, until the next > breakthrough comes along", or is it impossible even in principle, like > non-clonable quantum systems?) > > Not in principle. But as I read it the network was made by a > self-assembly process that is random. I suppose that after you had trained > one you could then analyze and map it and make a copy by some other means. > But then it's not clear that wouldn't have been easier to start with known > network and train it. >
I'm not sure what this thing is made of. It LOOKS like a silicon chip in the illustration, but I guess that's misleading. I assume the point is that is "rewires" itself dynamically, and that's why it's difficult to create a copy - it's like a fantastically complex (2D?) sculpture. That does seem rather like what the brain does, assuming my limited knowledge is correct on that. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
