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IBM produces first brain chips
August 18, 2011 at 1:44 pm
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Read full story:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14574747
This is awesome that they can now replicate the system of synaptic connections found between neurons in the human brain. Who knows what advancements this may lead to? We may be able to replace damaged parts of the brain, or even upload consciousnesses into computers. *fingers crossed* ^_^
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RE: IBM produces first brain chips
August 18, 2011 at 5:59 pm
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You know something that has always bothered me about uploading consciousness? It sounds so wonderful at first, until you realize that what would continue would only be a copy of yourself. You would still go the way of the dodo. On the other hand, the new "you" wouldn't know any better, so more power to that guy.
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RE: IBM produces first brain chips
August 18, 2011 at 6:15 pm
(August 18, 2011 at 5:59 pm)Rhythm Wrote: You know something that has always bothered me about uploading consciousness? It sounds so wonderful at first, until you realize that what would continue would only be a copy of yourself. You would still go the way of the dodo. On the other hand, the new "you" wouldn't know any better, so more power to that guy.
There are a few exceptions to that rule, one is a fatal transfer, where the body dies upon transmitting the brain's electric field to a machine, if your body dies while the electrical activity in the brain is transferred physically from one location to another then the synthetic brain is very much "You".
Also, were it the case that you had a connection with the digital mind the entire time and experienced both simultaneously if one component ceased to function the "You" would still be in the remaining structure.
Essentially, if our consciousness is an ever changing structure of electrical activity then any evolution of that system in any medium is still the same "person", just as much as myself 20 years ago with a brain that was similarly substantially different was still 'me', unless you're of the opinion that the me of two minuets ago is no longer the same person, then any fork in the system would create 'me' and 'him' just like time created systems that vary due to operation and experience.
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RE: IBM produces first brain chips
August 18, 2011 at 6:19 pm
Sounds great, this Skynet SyNAPSE thing.
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RE: IBM produces first brain chips
August 18, 2011 at 6:23 pm
(August 18, 2011 at 6:19 pm)Skeptic Wrote: Sounds great, this Skynet SyNAPSE thing.
My thoughts excatly. This is a bad idea.
If I die and god is real, im so screwed.
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RE: IBM produces first brain chips
August 18, 2011 at 7:25 pm
Hehe, I was thinking more of the practical activity of mimicing the brains functions within the new OS, in my opinion more likely than an actual transfer. Of course you are still "you", I just like my body, it would be difficult for me to feel whole without him.
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RE: IBM produces first brain chips
August 18, 2011 at 11:36 pm
You could rent bodies all over the word and control them remotely 
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RE: IBM produces first brain chips
August 19, 2011 at 12:23 am
Sounds like the entire plot of a certain very bad movie.
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RE: IBM produces first brain chips
August 19, 2011 at 1:06 am
(August 19, 2011 at 12:23 am)Rhythm Wrote: Sounds like the entire plot of a certain very bad movie.
It would be awesome to connect to another country remotely, just inhabit some drone and go see shit.
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RE: IBM produces first brain chips
August 19, 2011 at 1:19 am
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There's plenty of room inside some of our politicians heads. If you ever wanted to see America. I could suggest a few, but you'd just get angry.
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