• 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pub
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    6 months ago

    Very interesting! Maybe once we understand the structure, we can recreate what’s behind the structure. Not sure if that’s a good thing, but it certainly is intriguing.

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      6 months ago

      I don’t think we need to understand tge structure. Just create a fidel digital copy and run it according to electrochemical rules we have from physics and I believe a largely intact consciousness will emerge.

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        6 months ago

        But wouldn’t understanding the structure assist is rebuilding a mechanical version and, thus, recreating the consciousness into an artificial mechanism (such as a Terminator-esque android)?

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          6 months ago

          It depends what you mean by “understand”. If we have an intact digital connectome and we execute its circuitry in the right kind of simulator. A consciousness would ptobably emerge out of it. But I wouldn’t call this “understanding”. Trillion neurons and other structures are so complex and interwined, it strains the very idea of “understanding” how it works.

          At least not without major aids to break it down into smaller easier to understand chunks.

          • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pub
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            6 months ago

            That’s fair. I do make a distinction between understanding how something works and why something works. Making it work the way you describe, to me at least, is understanding enough of how it works to be able to reproduce it, even if we don’t yet understand why it works. Until we understand this science, it’s magic.