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: The European [ | : The European [[wikipedia:Blue_Brain_Project|Blue Brain Project]] as well as the American [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRAIN_Initiative BRAIN Initiative] failed. | ||
: The Blue Brain Project ignored glial cells and similar supporting elements. The BRAIN Initiative [http://www.nature.com/news/neuroscience-map-the-other-brain-1.13654 did better] but still had no real neuronal input and no information from cells that measured the concentration of oxygen, sugar, etc. | : The Blue Brain Project ignored glial cells and similar supporting elements. The BRAIN Initiative [http://www.nature.com/news/neuroscience-map-the-other-brain-1.13654 did better] but still had no real neuronal input and no information from cells that measured the concentration of oxygen, sugar, etc. | ||
: And there are a lot of [[wikipedia:Autonomic_nervous_system#Sensory_neurons|neurons in the human body]]. So it became more and more clear that restricting an intelligence to just certain brain cells was far from satisfactory. | : And there are a lot of [[wikipedia:Autonomic_nervous_system#Sensory_neurons|neurons in the human body]]. So it became more and more clear that restricting an intelligence to just certain brain cells was far from satisfactory. | ||
'''Notes on Blue Brain Project needs an update: ''' https://youtu.be/a1XcY-xAvos?t=5m14s | |||
: After they had a full body simulation up and running, the next step was to educate the AI and let it control a body in the physical world. | : After they had a full body simulation up and running, the next step was to educate the AI and let it control a body in the physical world. | ||
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Pensatore: "Usually revolutions turn out to be quite bloody. Many people will die in the chaos. From a scientist, I would expect a more ethical suggestion." | Pensatore: "Usually revolutions turn out to be quite bloody. Many people will die in the chaos. From a scientist, I would expect a more ethical suggestion." | ||
: "Ethics for its own sake is not an option. Look at history. On the verge of death, men [ | : "Ethics for its own sake is not an option. Look at history. On the verge of death, men [[wikipedia:Uruguayan_Air_Force_Flight_571#Cannibalism|ate other men]]<!--also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannibalism#World_War_II-->, even corpses, for one simple reason: to survive. And even devout Christians have come to the conclusion that death to a megalomaniac dictator can be justified. -- Ethics are only as good as the situation allows them to be! Of how much worth are rules and laws which don't let you survive?" | ||
"And you believe we are in such a situation? Certainly, the WCG isn't the optimal solution, but this is a bit too much in my opinion. -- What do you have in mind? Do you want as a geneticist to make a biological intervention that takes away all of the control humans have wrested from mother nature in the last [[wikipedia:Control_of_fire_by_early_humans|125,000 years]]?" | "And you believe we are in such a situation? Certainly, the WCG isn't the optimal solution, but this is a bit too much in my opinion. -- What do you have in mind? Do you want as a geneticist to make a biological intervention that takes away all of the control humans have wrested from mother nature in the last [[wikipedia:Control_of_fire_by_early_humans|125,000 years]]?" | ||
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====Overpower mode==== | ====Overpower mode==== | ||
When Daodan prototypes grow, they express [ | When Daodan prototypes grow, they express [[wikipedia:Green_fluorescent_protein#GFP_derivatives|fluorescent proteins.] | ||
These proteins are used to distinguish the Daodan biomass from the original cells and help measure cell metabolism, which is typically high when the Daodan grows or regenerates (ref. Daodan spikes). The proteins can glow under two conditions: either they are exposed to radiation, which Kerr did in the TCTF lab, or in the presence of high amounts of ATP. Hypospray substances trigger the release of ATP no matter wheather the Daodan is already healed. That way, hyposprays lead to overpower mode. | These proteins are used to distinguish the Daodan biomass from the original cells and help measure cell metabolism, which is typically high when the Daodan grows or regenerates (ref. Daodan spikes). The proteins can glow under two conditions: either they are exposed to radiation, which Kerr did in the TCTF lab, or in the presence of high amounts of ATP. Hypospray substances trigger the release of ATP no matter wheather the Daodan is already healed. That way, hyposprays lead to overpower mode. | ||
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:: "This core '''personality''' is then given a chance to develop a unique neurolattice while experiencing accelerated streaming sensory feeds." | :: "This core '''personality''' is then given a chance to develop a unique neurolattice while experiencing accelerated streaming sensory feeds." | ||
:: "Most SLDs have to spend at least three months in the senseloop, which we have come to think of as their '''psychological''' womb." | :: "Most SLDs have to spend at least three months in the senseloop, which we have come to think of as their '''psychological''' womb." | ||
* [ | * [[wikipedia:Emergence]] - new properties, behaviors, etc. of a system which its components do not possess. Also commonly known under the phrase: "the whole is more than the sum of its parts". Two examples: gas has a temperature, but not the single molecules; a brain has a mind, but single neurons don't. | ||
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: "[...] an unprecedented degree of free will in the android [...]" | : "[...] an unprecedented degree of free will in the android [...]" | ||
Maybe the TCTF believed that a SLD would simply run on "programs" (because the hardware is not biological but artificial), and that programs aren't enough to create a mind. That's pretty similar thinking to John Searle's [ | Maybe the TCTF believed that a SLD would simply run on "programs" (because the hardware is not biological but artificial), and that programs aren't enough to create a mind. That's pretty similar thinking to John Searle's [[wikipedia:Chinese_room|Chinese Room]]. I wonder if a collection of interacting programs can show emergence. | ||
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*SLD scientist: "One thing we [[Quotes/Consoles/level_3b|still cannot do]] is create an artificial system that adequately simulates the processes of the human mind." | *SLD scientist: "One thing we [[Quotes/Consoles/level_3b|still cannot do]] is create an artificial system that adequately simulates the processes of the human mind." | ||
*[ | *[[wikipedia:Turing_test#Consciousness_vs._the_simulation_of_consciousness|Turing:]] "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 the solution seems to be to somewhat (if not entirely) copy an existing brain. | So the solution seems to be to somewhat (if not entirely) copy an existing brain. | ||