[MURG] mind uploading x prize?

[Brubaker, Shane]

I like the idea of writing this up as an X prize.  It will bring some public
attention to the idea and help make the goals and concept more concrete.

Is anyone from MURG planning on doing this?  Should we put together a
virtual team?  I would be willing to put some part time work into it.

 

Thanks,

Shane

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Sim Bamford [mailto:sim at plaything.co.uk] 
Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2004 10:38 AM
To: murg at minduploading.org
Subject: Re: [MURG] mind uploading x prize?

 

>Yeah, I realized after I sent that that it *could* be about humans,
but it would make it more difficult.
To meet the goal of uploading a human, you actually have to upload a
human. I'm a believer in destructive uploading, so that means they'd
have to kill at least one volunteer<
 
When you say you're a believer in destructive uploading do you mean that you
think destructive uploading technology will mature sooner, or do you have a
philosophical doubt regarding identity in the case of non-destructive
uploading? Personally I have both of these questions in mind, nevertheless
for the reason you give I think that such a prize should be for the first
group to achieve a non-destructive "exact" simulation of an individual. 
 
>The transition moving from a rat to a human wouldn't be trivial, but
success on a rat would yield all the basic technology needed on a
human (I think).<
 
I agree that success on a rat would yield all the basic technology -
resolution of scanning / recording technique is probably the biggest issue,
the extra computational power required to run a bigger brain will probably
become available in due course. But from the point of view of a prize, would
the X-Prize have been so interesting / enticing / inspiring if it had been
the first group to give a rat two consecutive rides up to 100km? 
 
Simeon Bamford
Postgraduate Research Student
Neuroinformatics Doctoral Training Centre
Edinburgh University
 
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