So, I am just going to make one more pass at this-what we have is:
A simulated brain which does not die and has substantially engineered emotions and a different rewards system.
Perhaps operating at ten or a hundred times the speed
Which does not have to be paid in money
With a new kind of connection to other brains
A new kind of connection to machinery
Which does not see with eyes or hear with ears
Which can include a hundred versions of itself, each of which was trained in a different language or job specialty
With a vast ability to calculate and remember
Has neither hunger, thirst nor sexuality
Which feels pain or pleasure largely on command
No hormones, no sleep, no heartbeat
This system seems quite different from you, me, or a social unit of a number of people which has access to computers. For that matter this whole vision is just an interim phase on the way to something that strings neurologically-inspired elements and algorithms together in entirely novel ways, or abandons neurological inspiration entirely.
An algorithmic economy of many human-like whole brain emulations is not a consistent future vision. We should be thinking about various kinds of neuromorphic systems with diverse modes of cognitive function that replaces capitalism as we know it with something at least considerably different.
So, I am just going to make one more pass at this-what we have is:
A simulated brain which does not die and has substantially engineered emotions and a different rewards system.
Perhaps operating at ten or a hundred times the speed
Which does not have to be paid in money
With a new kind of connection to other brains
A new kind of connection to machinery
Which does not see with eyes or hear with ears
Which can include a hundred versions of itself, each of which was trained in a different language or job specialty
With a vast ability to calculate and remember
Has neither hunger, thirst nor sexuality
Which feels pain or pleasure largely on command
No hormones, no sleep, no heartbeat
This system seems quite different from you, me, or a social unit of a number of people which has access to computers. For that matter this whole vision is just an interim phase on the way to something that strings neurologically-inspired elements and algorithms together in entirely novel ways, or abandons neurological inspiration entirely.
An algorithmic economy of many human-like whole brain emulations is not a consistent future vision. We should be thinking about various kinds of neuromorphic systems with diverse modes of cognitive function that replaces capitalism as we know it with something at least considerably different.