No Implants Needed for Precise Control Deep into the Brain

Re:No Implants Needed for Precise Control Deep into the Brain by friendlybus on Monday October 26, 2020 @06:34PM (#24902310)

Sure parts are replaceable, one at a time. Replacing them one a time maintains the body. The structure of the body is more than the sum of it's parts though.

The robots need a body to orient their brain in spacetime. AIs classifying images from pure theory requires a body to relate to all the other objects in the world. Tagging a door knob as 'turnable, openable' requires the robot to have a hand that can do it. A banana only looks edible and life sustaining because we have a body. A floating head loses all interest in a lot of things, I'd guess.

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Re:No Implants Needed for Precise Control Deep into the Brain by antepodius on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @05:43AM (#24905793)

You would have a simulated body, simulated environment.

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Re:No Implants Needed for Precise Control Deep into the Brain by friendlybus on Thursday October 29, 2020 @12:07PM (#24931986)

It hurts my brain to think about that. Simulating the brain is one idea, adding the body on too is levels of complexity I can't fathom. Biologists struggle writing 128 page documents just to characterize a single molecule, so they can construct a 5-6 part nano-vehicle.

The hubris of this idea is just so far off the charts I can't even call it wrong or insane. It's in the "FTL" bucket for me.

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