[MURG] mind uploading x prize?

[Bill Cousert]

Who is going to provide the prize money?


On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 13:40:50 -0700, Brubaker, Shane
<shane_brubaker at affymetrix.com> wrote:
> Hi Sim!  Yes, let's work together on this.  Ok, I will draw up a draft
> description of the prize, and then we can bounce it around on the list
> and work on it.
> 
> So, it sounds like based on the discussion so far that we have some idea
> of what the criteria for success could be.  I'm thinking of making the
> main prize be for brain emulation of a human, as this will really
> capture public attention the most, but also put in milestones for a
> nematode and a rat with smaller prizes along the way.
> 
> Thanks,
> Shane
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sim Bamford [mailto:sim at plaything.co.uk]
> Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 12:40 PM
> To: murg at minduploading.org
> Subject: Re: [MURG] mind uploading x prize?
> 
> Shane wrote:
> 
> >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.
> >
> >
> >
> Hi Shane,
> 
> If you're prepared to draft a description of such a prize then I'll hold
> 
> off from posting anything on the X-prize website, so that we can put the
> 
> same thing in. Once you've drafted something if you post it on the list
> we can bounce it around and refine it. Or did you have in mind something
> 
> more concrete like setting up a methuselah-mouse-type independent prize?
> 
> Sincerely
> 
> Simeon Bamford
> Postgraduate Research Student
> Neuroinformatics Doctoral Training Centre
> Edinburgh University
> 
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