Zooming out a bit on whole-brain emulation. It might be the right path for researching, preserving or extending consciousness, which is fascinating in its own right. But for building advanced intelligence, I'm less sure. Biological brains were shaped by natural selection on Earth, optimized for survival in a specific environment, not for intelligence in general. Copying that architecture means inheriting all of evolution's compromises and constraints. There might be far better architectures for intelligence that evolution never had reason to find.
Great piece! And really fascinating stuff. We're not there yet, but heading towards the point where we can upload a human brain. Maybe. Will it "turn on" and be conscious though? Huge ethical questions obviously.
Very insightful piece. Beautifully written. The Eon/Cortical Labs inversion is the best framing I've seen on this.
I’m glad you enjoyed! The dish brain and simulated brain news being back to back was great timing.
Zooming out a bit on whole-brain emulation. It might be the right path for researching, preserving or extending consciousness, which is fascinating in its own right. But for building advanced intelligence, I'm less sure. Biological brains were shaped by natural selection on Earth, optimized for survival in a specific environment, not for intelligence in general. Copying that architecture means inheriting all of evolution's compromises and constraints. There might be far better architectures for intelligence that evolution never had reason to find.
Great piece! And really fascinating stuff. We're not there yet, but heading towards the point where we can upload a human brain. Maybe. Will it "turn on" and be conscious though? Huge ethical questions obviously.
Neural Nexus, indeed.