In general, uploading a C. elegans, i.e. creating an abstract artificial worm? Entirely doable. Will probably be done in not-too-distant future.
Uploading a particular C. elegans, so that the simulation reflects learning and experiences of that particular animal? Orders of magnitude more difficult. Might be possible, if we have really good technology and are looking at the living animal.
Uploading a frozen C. elegans, using current technology? Again, you might be able to create an abstract worm, with all the instinctive behaviors, and maybe a few particularly strong learned ones. But any fine detail is irretrievably lost. You lose the specific “personality” of the specific worm you are trying to upload.
I’m aware you wont reply to this—I’m writing for other archive-readers—but I think they meant “is it in-principle impossible to upload a particular frozen C. elegans?”
To which, I assume based on your other comments, you would answer “yes, the information simply isn’t there anymore, IMO.”
Do you think uploading C. elegans is impossible?
In general, uploading a C. elegans, i.e. creating an abstract artificial worm? Entirely doable. Will probably be done in not-too-distant future.
Uploading a particular C. elegans, so that the simulation reflects learning and experiences of that particular animal? Orders of magnitude more difficult. Might be possible, if we have really good technology and are looking at the living animal.
Uploading a frozen C. elegans, using current technology? Again, you might be able to create an abstract worm, with all the instinctive behaviors, and maybe a few particularly strong learned ones. But any fine detail is irretrievably lost. You lose the specific “personality” of the specific worm you are trying to upload.
I’m aware you wont reply to this—I’m writing for other archive-readers—but I think they meant “is it in-principle impossible to upload a particular frozen C. elegans?”
To which, I assume based on your other comments, you would answer “yes, the information simply isn’t there anymore, IMO.”