Anders Sandberg writes:
> > What kind of bandwidth do you need for [distance no object] remote
> > sensing with [familiar] sentience?
>
> Likely a few gigabits; we have on the order of 10^6-10^7 axons
> connecting the CNS to the rest of the world. Assuming rates < 10^3 Hz,
> we get 10^9-10^10 bit/s (assuming one spike ~= one bit).
Interesting enough, within an order of magnitude this is moving into the domain of mainstream network technology, which is currently iirc 2-3 GBit/s (highend switches integrating to TBit/s). So the networking capabilities are drawing closer to within an order of magnitude, however, the failure of processing capabilities growth to matching the networking prowess is so even more apparent.
ciao,
'gene