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==SLD== | ==SLD== | ||
===In the | ===Are SLDs alive?=== | ||
* "The SLD project is an attempt to recreate human physiology with artificial materials." | |||
* The TCTF classified SLDs as androids. | |||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergence Emergence] is not limited to one type of molecules, components, etc. | |||
If they really '''recreated''' human physiology how can they rule out a new ''emerged'' mind? Why would it be a bare ''simulated'' one? Also, the TCTF was really surprised that Shinatama developed an own will. | |||
Maybe the they argued that a SLD use just "programs" (because the hardware is not biological but artificial) and that programs aren't enough to create a mind. That's a pretty similar thinking to John Searle's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_room Chinese Room]. I wonder if a collection of interacting programs can show emergence. | |||
===What's the purpose of SLDs?=== | |||
According to wikipedia the idea of artificial intelligence was born in 1943 and since then many scientists have tried to create an AI. There are some different attempts to program an AI. So far no attempt succeeded. | |||
Also mind-uploading is considered as an approach for an AI. In Oni's timeline mind-uploading could already exist if you have an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strong_AI#Processing_requirements_for_low-level_brain_emulation optimistic view] onto things. (However, the existence of "deadly brains" let assume that AIs are still in development otherwise DBs would be obsolete.) With the obtained data, the mind doesn't need to become ''reinvented'' but analyzed. After the phase of analysis a true artificial intelligence could be designed. | |||
Of course androids of human-like intellect would have a high economic value. But in case of SLDs I think something else matters. They are robots with a mind and as such they could be a tool to study intelligence in an mechanical environment. Hence the name "Simulated Life". | |||
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_test#Real_intelligence_vs_simulated_intelligence Turing said:] "I do not wish to give the impression that I think there is no mystery about consciousness. There is, for instance, something of a paradox connected with any attempt to localise it." | |||
So, simulating life although we don't understand its creation fits into this logic. Humans used often physical phenomena even before they fully understood them. For instance, the atomic force for power plants or lasers in data disc devices. They are explainable by quantum theories but the physical technologies were earlier created. Making things work was enough. | |||
The third part of the abbreviation has a bit less obvious meaning. "Doll" basically refers to the environment of the simulated life but there are other terms they could have used. Is it possible that the name was influenced by "ghost in the shell"? In this case it's not likely because the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_Shell_2:_Innocence second GITS movie] with dolls as topic was published (2004) after Oni release (2001). | |||
===Related background story=== | |||
Oni's storyline seems to be the time where the SLD technology almost reached its final development stage. Shinatama appears to be fully functioning and also her mind seems not much different compared to humans mind. | Oni's storyline seems to be the time where the SLD technology almost reached its final development stage. Shinatama appears to be fully functioning and also her mind seems not much different compared to humans mind. | ||
This has a logical consequence to the "Mukade = Hasegawa" theory: 17 years ago (plus minus few years) Mukade and Hasegawa needed an absolute expert of the SLD technology working with them together to archive the brain merging. | This has a logical consequence to the "Mukade = Hasegawa + Mukades's brain engrams" (RS) theory: 17 years ago (plus minus few years) Mukade and Hasegawa needed an absolute expert of the SLD technology working with them together to archive the brain merging. | ||
SLD technology draws on brain engrams because scientists couldn't create intelligences on their own yet. The modularity of the human mind and the complex interaction of the parts were limiting the success of very own attempts. | SLD technology draws on brain engrams because scientists couldn't create intelligences on their own yet. The modularity of the human mind and the complex interaction of the parts were limiting the success of very own attempts. | ||
So, merging brain engrams to a biological brain would have been still impossible. | So, merging brain engrams to a biological brain would have been still impossible. | ||
Instead they created an SLD from two donor brains, an "ego hybrida". The chance for success was unknown but in the end it worked. | Instead they created an SLD from two donor brains, an "ego hybrida". The chance for success was unknown but in the end it worked. | ||
The presence of the expert Pensatore could also explain the early creation of Mukade's android army. | The presence of the expert Pensatore could also explain the early creation of Mukade's android army (well, in case they are actually androids). | ||
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At that time it happened that Mukade and Pensatore talked about Shinto and Buddhism. This came from Mukade's side. His Shinobi philosophy was influenced by a small degree. But he mentioned enough to awake Pensatore's interest. He felt that there were similarities with the meme theory. | At that time it happened that Mukade and Pensatore talked about Shinto and Buddhism. This came from Mukade's side. His Shinobi philosophy was influenced by a small degree. But he mentioned enough to awake Pensatore's interest. He felt that there were similarities with the meme theory. | ||
Pensatore entered a new path. From that time on he understood the brain as a collection of memes running on biological hardware. His new goal was to create a digital mind. This would also open the possibility to upload human minds to the internet. | Pensatore entered a new path. From that time on he understood the brain as a collection of memes running on biological hardware. His new goal was to create a digital mind. This would also open the possibility to upload human minds to the internet. | ||
====Shinatama's escape==== | ====Shinatama's escape==== | ||