(January 29, 2015 at 12:32 am)FallentoReason Wrote:(January 29, 2015 at 12:07 am)AFTT47 Wrote: I wonder how far our current technology can take this. Suppose you did this with a higher animal like a mouse. Would you then have a conscious machine?
I don't think that will ever be possible. Subjective experience can't be programmed, because if it can be traced back to a source (the cogs if you will) then it's an objective triviality.
I think a sufficiently complex computer could be used to accurately map and model the human mind, even a specific person/personality. After all, it's all just electro-chemical reactions. Our current digital computers won't be able to manage it, but quantum computing...
Yes, I know that quantum computers have been a long time coming and are still at the fringe of computer development, but once EA figures out how to port their crappy games...
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