[MURG] Re: MURG digest, Vol 1 #151 - 2 msgs

[king-yin yan]

 cat13 wrote:
>> YET another problem with the worm project is that it does not
>> pay financially. It's the kind of basic research that's best
>> conducted by academia (public funding). Are you really content
>> with no pay? =)
>
>I am, if it advances MU.  If I had money, I would invest it in MU research.
>In fact, I'm better at making money than I am at science, so I hope to be
>able to do just that.

That's good. So last time we're talking about a coordination project.
I think it's an excellant idea. After we have made clear the objectives
then we can start bridging the gaps, if there're any.

One problem we need to address is that MU is not the only life
extension approach. There's also neurotransplantation complemented
with stem-cell research, which means replacing neurons continually.
I don't know the prospects of this approach but it needs consideration.
The "replacement" procedure that we've been talking about is likely
to be very complicated. So I start to question whether MU is really
that much superior to biological cell replacement.

My second point is about future prediction. Basically I think the next
big thing (in the short term) will be AI (or whatever they'll call it).
1) AI will allow more people in the population to be computer
users; 2) AI will significantly increase the thirst for computational
power; 3) Some development in AI will be informed by knowledge
gained from neuroscience, which will be symbiotic. When computer
power becomes sufficient, uploading will be akin to merging with
an AI. That process will be informed by our understanding of the
brain; It's different from merely copying synaptics weights from
the brain to an "empty" NN.

YKY


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