On Thu, 21 Sep 2000, Eliezer S. Yudkowsky wrote:
> Eugene Leitl wrote:
> >
> > Franklin Wayne Poley writes:
> > > What are the implications of this? Does it pass the "So what?" test?
> >
> > Only if you get a couple of millions of these things permanently
> > inside your cranium, wired to some massive adaptive DSP. Plus, some
> > heavy biofeedback training, plus some extra induced neuroplasticity.
> >
> > And, yeah, massive neurosurgery should have about the same status as
> > filling a dental cavity.
> >
> > So right now it's only nifty if you're an in vitro neuroscientist with
> > a cushy budget.
>
> I agree with all of this, except to note that no matter how much it costs to
> create the first human - ideally at least two humans, actually - with a
> broadband neural connection to a computer, it could easily turn out to be
> worth it. Intelligence enhancement doesn't have to be broadly available to
> have a huge impact - sometimes one mind is enough. And the things you could
> LEARN %*)*$) ... I'm sorry, I got excited and drooled all over my keyboard.
Are you talking about creating a brain with human capacity from, let us
say, leech neurons? If so I kind of worry about what sort of personality
it might have.
FWP
> And yes, I also agree with the part about the massive adaptive DSP. In fact,
> I'll go farther than that, and suggest that the first layer of the adaptive
> structure be programmed to simulate biologically realistic neurons with
> Calvinian higher-order structure, and that the interface take advantage of
> Calvinian structure. If William Calvin turns out to be right, then the
> adapted or designed structure will probably have to be cognizant of
> minicolumn-level patterns in order to extract or send useful information.
>
> -- -- -- -- --
> Eliezer S. Yudkowsky http://singinst.org/
> Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
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