Re:'With brain preservation, nobody has to die'
by prometheus76 on Tuesday December 03, 2024 @04:28PM
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If I copy the contents of an Apple II disk onto my pc and try to "run" it...nothing happens. Isn't mapped to the new hardware. So who is going to write the "human mind/consciousness" emulator that will map onto a hard drive? Will they simulate all the inputs from your body, nervous system, senses, etc.?
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Re:'With brain preservation, nobody has to die'
by kimixa on Tuesday December 03, 2024 @04:31PM
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And will they perfectly emulate the dynamic situation that is the brain?
You've mapped every neuron perfectly, you've even captured every ongoing signal and the whole thing is recreated perfectly. But that's not the entire story - connections are created and broken all the time, that's what memory is after all. Is it the "same person" if that snapshot is put into an emulator with slightly different results there? They clearly won't be having the same thoughts in a pretty short timescale even if the inputs are perfectly the same.