From: Anders Sandberg (nv91-asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Sat Mar 15 1997 - 14:58:09 MST
On Thu, 13 Mar 1997, The Low Golden Willow wrote:
> In the 16 Jan Nature, News and Views, there was a piece on neurons
> possibly being more complex than had been thought. Nonlinear responses,
> multiplicative instead of additive functions, and shifts in dendritic
> membrane potentials, which the researchers thought could be another
> storage mechanism.
>
> This could make uploading harder, if they're doing more computation and
> storage in themselves, not just as a network.
Yes, but not significantly harder. We already have quite elaborate
cellular models, and given the technology needed for an uploading
scan we can certainly learn enough about the neural trickery.
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