On 28/02/2008, John G. Rose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually a better way to do it as getting even just the molecules right is a > wee bit formidable - you need a really powerful computer with lots of RAM. > Take some DNA and grow a body double in software. Then create an interface > from the biological brain to the software brain and then gradually kill off > the biological brain forcing the consciousness into the software brain. > > The problem with this approach naturally is that to grow the brain in RAM > requires astronomical resources. But ordinary off-the-shelf matter holds so > much digital memory compared to modern computers. You have to convert matter > into RAM somehow. For example one cell with DNA is how many gigs? And cells > cost a dime a billion. But the problem is that molecular interaction is too > slow and cluncky.
Agreed, it would be *enormously* difficult getting a snapshot at the molecular level and then doing a simulation from this snapshot. But as a matter of principle, it should be possible. -- Stathis Papaioannou ------------------------------------------- singularity Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/11983/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/11983/ Modify Your Subscription: http://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=4007604&id_secret=96140713-a54b2b Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
