RE: Programming the Human Mind:
November 24, 2015 at 4:16 am
(This post was last modified: November 24, 2015 at 4:18 am by mr_j936.)
I don't think it really is much about the programming language, but more about the the hardware itself... The "computer" that would one day run a human brain would not be a general purpose computer like the one we are using now. I think it has to be a specially made computer designed specifically to emulate a human brain. It might physically look like a human brain or at least have a physical representation of neurons in its circuits.
And I am not sure if a programming language can accurately represent the human brain. It's much more complicated than hungry->seek food. What if you are hungry and at the same time you were performing an important task, you would not seek food then. Or if your life was in danger, food would be the last of your worries.
Also what do you interpret as being hungry? Having a headache? Stomach churning? Not having eaten in a while? How would a cpu understand hunger? It can't feel hunger, it has to simulate it, and when should it simulate the hunger? Also not all hunger are equal, sometimes you are really hungry like you might die, and sometimes you just crave something.
All the above and we only scratched the surface of one topic: hunger. I heard there is a human brain project in europe. I am looking forward to seeing if it goes anywhere, however it has many skeptics, me among them.
And I am not sure if a programming language can accurately represent the human brain. It's much more complicated than hungry->seek food. What if you are hungry and at the same time you were performing an important task, you would not seek food then. Or if your life was in danger, food would be the last of your worries.
Also what do you interpret as being hungry? Having a headache? Stomach churning? Not having eaten in a while? How would a cpu understand hunger? It can't feel hunger, it has to simulate it, and when should it simulate the hunger? Also not all hunger are equal, sometimes you are really hungry like you might die, and sometimes you just crave something.
All the above and we only scratched the surface of one topic: hunger. I heard there is a human brain project in europe. I am looking forward to seeing if it goes anywhere, however it has many skeptics, me among them.
