From: Bryan Moss (bryan.moss@dial.pipex.com)
Date: Sat Jan 02 1999 - 11:17:28 MST
Billy Brown wrote:
[Uploading]
> A much more probable scenario would project medical advances
> forward until there is hardware fast enough to run the sim, and
> sensors good enough to gather the data. That implies at least a
> moderately good understanding of the brain - something better than
> just an understanding of biochemistry, but probably not good
> enough to just model the brain's data processing.
Perhaps a complete model of the brain in fine-grained detail will be used
simply to reassure potential uploads that no 'essence' will be lost in the
translation. Or maybe some mad genius will come along and start uploading
dogs (puploads?) using the technology of the remarkably near future as a
proof-of-concept. Since the majority of scenarios are used to explore the
philosophical ramifications (although a few members of this list (names
withheld to protect the not so innocent) may be considering uploading
neighbourhood pets in their dank underground secret laboratories) realism is
probably not the most important factor.
BM
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