Emmanuel Charpentier <emmanuel_charpentier@yahoo.com> writes:
> Another solution would simply be to have only one neural net (the
Nice idea, although I don't believe in it. It seems that the
distinction between topological long-term changes and short term
activities is rather blurred; most likely there are processes on all
scales, making the short-term effects (calcium levels, dynamical
synapses etc) necessary for longer-term effects (LTP, synaptic
movements) and permanent storage. So the thought processes would have
trouble with their long-term memory: each would suffer a kind of
encoding impairment that would likely be rather distressing.
> Of course, it could still leads to serious troubles: how do you
Sleep is likely the key of long-term memory consolidation, but
obviously we learn during the day before going to sleep too. Maybe, if
we are lucky (but don't count on it, this is something I'm almost
certain doesn't work) you would only need to deal with the medial
temporal lobe memory system. Then each process will have its own copy
of the MTL and during sleep the exoself could run consolidation
between the MTL of process 1 and the shared cortex, then consolidation
for process 2, and so on. But don't count on it, most likely low-level
learning is going on across the cortex as a part of normal thinking.
> original :) but many thought processes. The configuration/topology of
> and synapses is mainly the working memory, so you just need to
> duplicate the later one... no? What you obtain is layers of persona.
> You can have 1000 thought processes and just one neural net
> configuration.
> share important new informations? How do you change
> of the neural net (I guess sleep is a key)?
>Can a neural net layer function
> normally without a body?
Can a human function normally without a body? Most likely no, although the definition of normal may change. We are input-output driven, and without inputs we tend to fall asleep or get sensory deprivation problems, and without body feedback emotions become blunted. Most likely even completely virtual people will need simulated bodies, at least until they can be modified enough to handle new senses and forms of action.
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