On Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at 8:24:49 PM UTC-4, Brent wrote: > > > > On 3/14/2018 6:33 AM, Lawrence Crowell wrote: > > It is not about believing anything. Our brains operate not just as > switching systems of neurons, but neurons are themselves biological. The > real computer analogue I think extends down to the molecular level, where > kinase and other actions are similar to computer chip logic. > > I think it is a very extreme proposition to advance the idea that > emulating a brain on silicon or similar solid state physics systems will > conserve consciousness. > > > But we're pretty sure we can implement *intelligence* on silicon; even > super-human intelligence. So then the implication is that there can be a > being that we can interact with who seems to have human level intelligence > and emotion but who is a zombie (i.e. has no inner consciousness). That > then calls into question whether other humans have and inner consciousness. > > I can very well imagine this could emulate the brain activity of a person, > but I think it is a bit much to voluntarily agree to death so your brain > can be uploaded in a machine. I suspect consciousness involves some sort of > uncomputable Godel type of number. > > > What would allow it to be computed by the brain? Do you think the brain > could not be emulated down to, or even below the molecular level? > > Brent >
*Since we really have no clue about what consciousness is, except that it can likely be simulated to such precision as to never pass a Turing Test (to distinguish artificial from natural intelligence), any attempt at implementing any of the proposals conjectured in this thread should be called THE FRANKENSTEIN PROJECT. AG * -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
