hi everybody, i am a web applications developer (JAVA), working in UK, but my interests lie in "Mind uploading". I am trying to equip myself before I could...
1968
Randal Koene
randalk@...
Mar 1, 2001 2:25 pm
On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, sivanand murugesan wrote: Hi Sivanand, ... With a bachelors in Physics, one obviouse route would appear to be to research the scanning...
1969
Jesse
cat_thirteen@...
Mar 1, 2001 2:28 pm
... What I would recommend is to familiarize yourself with basics as much as possible, such as common expectations of uploading techniques, technologies, and...
1970
sivanand murugesan
sivanand_m@...
Mar 1, 2001 4:06 pm
thank you very much Randal and Jesse.. Randal's suggestion of nanotechnology sounds more promising.. i also buy Jesse's idea, to strengthen my basic ...
1971
Jesse
cat_thirteen@...
Mar 1, 2001 4:16 pm
... One word about nanotechnology: nanoscale components (wires, wheels, gears, levers, even a nonfunctional guitar) are a reality. Nanoscale mechanics ...
1972
sivanand murugesan
sivanand_m@...
Mar 1, 2001 4:48 pm
hi jesse, both of your suggestions were equally valuable as that of Randal's. esp. for the startups like me, would need to chew as much information as possible...
1973
Randal Koene
randalk@...
Mar 1, 2001 6:12 pm
Hi Sivanand, ... You might want to try some of the following journal articles (gets down to the nitty-gritty with few preliminaries), although you may want to...
1974
Ansgar Koene
A.Koene@...
Mar 2, 2001 5:24 pm
Hi everyone, in light of the recent postings about books and information that can serve as a good introduction or knowledge base for minduplaoding research,...
1975
Eugene.Leitl@...
Mar 3, 2001 8:51 pm
... From: "Nature Reviews Neuroscience" <NatureReviewsNeurosciAlert@...> Subject: Nature Reviews Neuroscience Contents: March 2001 Volume 2 Number 3, pp...
1976
sivanand murugesan
sivanand_m@...
Mar 4, 2001 11:39 am
yes that is a brilliant idea for people like me it will be really useful.. ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at...
1977
mike777@...
Mar 4, 2001 9:50 pm
I'd like some ideas and opinions from our group neuroscientists and armchair philosophers regarding Benjamin Libet's research into volition (sometimes known as...
1978
Keith Wiley
kwiley@...
Mar 5, 2001 1:51 am
... My take on free will is the same as my take "randomness". Random is a word scientists often use to describe something they haven't found a pattern for...
1979
mike777@...
Mar 5, 2001 3:06 am
I've just learned that Stephen Wolfram, creator of Mathematica, also will be sharing his thoughts about free will in his forthcoming book _A New Kind of...
1980
Randal Koene
randalk@...
Mar 5, 2001 4:45 am
... The mind is not deterministic. There are at least two very important reasons why not: (1) internal indeterminism, such as probabilistic synaptic...
1981
Randal Koene
randalk@...
Mar 5, 2001 4:59 am
... Any word on what this new approach might be? Cheers, Randal...
1982
Randal Koene
randalk@...
Mar 5, 2001 5:21 am
... But would you also apply this logic to uncertainty? The basic principles of quantum mechanics would form a formidable block to ever establishing a ...
1983
Eugene.Leitl@...
Mar 5, 2001 6:59 am
... He's putting what was formerly just opinions on quantitative footing. In case you haven't read his old papers, go to his personal site, and sift through a...
1984
Keith Wiley
kwiley@...
Mar 5, 2001 8:39 am
... This is the type of chaotic but determistic behavior I was discussing in my earlier post. ... Obviously the same stuff I said before applies. If the brain...
1985
Randal Koene
randalk@...
Mar 5, 2001 2:03 pm
... So what exactly do you make of the uncertainty principle in quantum mechanics? Cheers, Randal ...
1986
Randal Koene
randalk@...
Mar 5, 2001 2:36 pm
Hi all, If Vernor Vinge is right, then the much paraded "singularity" will occur before 2030 and super A.I. will lead everything on an exponential course way...
1987
Eugene Leitl
Eugene.Leitl@...
Mar 5, 2001 2:45 pm
... There is no fixed date at which the Rapture is scheduled. ... This is advisable, but by no means realistic. ... I would like to see the first nematode...
1988
Randal Koene
randalk@...
Mar 5, 2001 3:00 pm
Hi all, ... Okay, getting away from specific date predictions, now let's look at causal predictions. Dilemma: We wish to participate in the future, be there,...
1989
Keith Wiley
kwiley@...
Mar 5, 2001 4:50 pm
... I agree with the AI projection. I would give really good versatile AI somewhere between 30 and 50 years. It is quite possible that AI is easier than...
1990
Randal Koene
randalk@...
Mar 5, 2001 4:50 pm
Okay, here's my first suggestion that *might* incorporate a workable solution to the dilemma outlined: Maximize cyborgification during the time taken to...
1991
Randal Koene
randalk@...
Mar 5, 2001 4:52 pm
So, IA may be the safest route to WBE+AI. Cheers, Randal ... _______________________________________________________________________ RANDAL A. KOENE Neural...
1992
Randal Koene
randalk@...
Mar 5, 2001 4:55 pm
... So, Keith, you don't see any risk in being the second or third tier in the society of sentients? ... http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/vinge/ Cheers, ...
1993
Keith Wiley
kwiley@...
Mar 5, 2001 5:01 pm
... I certainly do see a risk, but I think that altering the order in which various technologies are developed/invented is practically impossible. The easier...
1994
Randal Koene
randalk@...
Mar 5, 2001 5:09 pm
... Keith, I'm very well aware of that. As you can tell from my first post, I mentioned those examples specifically as unworkable. What I'm looking for is more...
