A connectomic study of a petascale fragment of human cerebral cortex

Re:A connectomic study of a petascale fragment of human cere... by robbedpeter on Sunday January 16, 2022 @05:40PM (#29961111)

General ai would be a unique mind. Simulation doesn't require engineers to understand the process, just that the process works. I can copy a mechanism without scientifically understanding what that mechanism is doing. I can follow a recipe or instructable or copy grandma's brain and have little to no understanding of what's really happening.

Then again, if you can copy a genius researcher and put a million of the minds to work on solving agi methodically, you don't need precision and understanding to start with. You just hope the million mind genius collective doesn't lie or mislead.

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Re:A connectomic study of a petascale fragment of human cere... by klysm on Sunday January 16, 2022 @06:56PM (#29961751)

But the inputs to the simulation are still artificial so I don’t see why it really matters.

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Re:A connectomic study of a petascale fragment of human cere... by spartanatreyu on Monday January 17, 2022 @07:45PM (#29973478)

It absolutely matters. Emulating a human mind means copying all off its flaws, biases, and values.

An emulated mind probably won't want to nuke the Earth whereas an artificially created and constructed general intelligence may have no qualms in killing both itself and everyone else around it.

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