[MURG] Brain Emulation

[Joseph J. Strout]

At 1:49 PM -0400 9/11/03, Thomas Weber wrote:

>I have just read the recommended by Mirco link
>www.ad.com. It sounds to me like the future happening.

It seems like mostly hype to me.  I am skeptical that this company 
will survive any longer than it takes them to burn through their 
initial capital.  I admire what they're trying to do; I just doubt 
that they can make any money doing it.

>Although they don't mention mind uploading this is in
>my opinion a substantial step in the direction.

It doesn't seem related to me.

>  I have suggested earlier that mind uploading is not coppying
>the brain, but emulating it,s function.

No, mind uploading is making a functional duplicate (copy) of a mind 
(and therefore the brain).  Anything else is, at best, making a new 
mind, which is a fine endeavor but not related to mind uploading. 
Creating a new mind doesn't help *me* survive.

>Suppose a living brain and the cortex emulation system
>are inter connected. This I visualize by means of
>multiple micro - electrodes implanted in the brain.
>In the beginning of the experiment the artificial
>cortex is blank. Impulses flow to the system and from
>the system to the brain. Eventually coherent
>communication would be established.

What sort of communication?  Where exactly do you envision this 
connection to take place?  Which senses are going to be overridden by 
the artificial inputs, and which motor outputs are going to be 
directed to the artificial device?

I have no doubt that we could eventually make such a cyborg, but I 
don't see that it has anything to do with uploading.

Best,
- Joe

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