How Computationally Complex Is a Single Neuron?

Re:How Computationally Complex Is a Single Neuron? by silicon2401 on Thursday September 02, 2021 @01:47PM (#28395110)

> I believe it should be regulated from the get-go or else it will be too late by the time the biological substrates reach animal-analogous intelligence.

I assume you are also a vegan? I would put my energy into fighting animal meat and animal husbandry today than worrying about a level of technology we probably won't reach for at least a few decades if not a few centuries.

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Re:How Computationally Complex Is a Single Neuron? by datameta on Thursday September 02, 2021 @01:54PM (#28395204)

My words here are not exclusively stemming from my thoughts on animal suffering, but also from wishing we could have preempted the current wave of ML-powered surveillance had we known where it would now be two decades ago and enacted sufficient regulations.

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Re:How Computationally Complex Is a Single Neuron? by netizen-936824 on Thursday September 02, 2021 @01:59PM (#28395248)

So perhaps we should regulate, rather than hope we never do something that could progress our understanding

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Re:How Computationally Complex Is a Single Neuron? by datameta on Thursday September 02, 2021 @02:14PM (#28395423)

My reticence comes from not being fully confident in our ability to regulate technologies with an essentially luddite governmental body when it comes to tech they do not wish to fully understand. Perhaps if we change how they learn about new developments we can expect them to make informed decisions regarding something like organic AI.

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Re:How Computationally Complex Is a Single Neuron? by netizen-936824 on Thursday September 02, 2021 @04:05PM (#28396695)

Perhaps we should have better educated regulators then.

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