The problem with programming the human mind is that the mind is analog in a very interesting way. Each neuron functions independently in a sense. Yes, there are transmissions of data acrosss synapses. However, there are also (at least as I recall from psych class) free-floating hormones etc. that affect reuptake of neurotransmitters and so on.
In other words, the brain not only consists of independent but cooperative parts, but each part essentially has many billions of parallel processing units.
Even a very advanced computer can't do that.
So I wouldn't worry about the software so much as the hardware. I really don't see how we can reproduce the human mind without essentially reproducing the human brain.
In other words, the brain not only consists of independent but cooperative parts, but each part essentially has many billions of parallel processing units.
Even a very advanced computer can't do that.
So I wouldn't worry about the software so much as the hardware. I really don't see how we can reproduce the human mind without essentially reproducing the human brain.
