I agree with this. I doubt very much that connectomics and brain emulation research is going to help very much with AI capabilities/intelligence. I think there is a higher probability that this type of research could help with AI alignment, but that it is still probably unlikely to help very much there, e.g. because progress for non-brain inspired AI seems to be progressing so rapidly.
(My personal interest in WBE is primarily because I think it could be a method for revival following structural brain preservation, so I have learned some about the space, but I’m certainly not an expert in it. I expect that this mostly won’t be done until we are past some serious AI transitions, or will never be done if we don’t survive them.)
I agree with this. I doubt very much that connectomics and brain emulation research is going to help very much with AI capabilities/intelligence. I think there is a higher probability that this type of research could help with AI alignment, but that it is still probably unlikely to help very much there, e.g. because progress for non-brain inspired AI seems to be progressing so rapidly.
(My personal interest in WBE is primarily because I think it could be a method for revival following structural brain preservation, so I have learned some about the space, but I’m certainly not an expert in it. I expect that this mostly won’t be done until we are past some serious AI transitions, or will never be done if we don’t survive them.)