Hello
I am currently doing an Open University course on AI in the UK and they
gave us this definition
* a *Simulation* of a natural system is a model that captures the
functional connections between inputs and outputs of the system;
* a *Replication *of a natural system is a model that captures the
functional connections between inputs and outputs of the system
and is based on processes that are the same as, or similar to,
those of the real-world system;
* an *Emulation* of a natural system is a model that captures the
functional connections between inputs and outputs of the system,
based on processes that are the same as, or similar to, those of
the natural system, and in the same materials as the natural system
I have read that for example Ray Kurzweil’s expects that human-level AI
will first arrives via human-brain emulation, so it means this will be
using machines made of the same materials than the brain? like
nanotechnology computing? Would the term replication be more appropriate
if we will use still computers made of silicon but i guess we wont to
reach that level of power. In emulation they meant in my definition for
example the experiment of Stanley L Miller when he recreated the model
of earth oceans within a flask of water reproducing chemical reactions, etc
thanks
xav
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