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Aug 20, 2011

The Nature of the Identity, with Reference to Androids

Posted by Alexander MacRae in categories: neuroscience, robotics/AI

I have been asked to mention the following.
The Nature of The Identity — with Reference to Androids

The nature of the identity is intimately related to information and information processing.

The importance and the real nature of information is only now being gradually realised.

But the history of the subject goes back a long way.

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Tags: AI, androids, cognitive psychology, Cognitive Science, Neural Processes, robotics, the Singularity

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Aug 4, 2011

The Basic Problem

Posted by Alexander MacRae in category: robotics/AI

Most of the threats to human survival come down to one factor – the vulnerability of the human biological body.

If a tiny faction of the sums being spent on researching or countering these threats was to be used to address the question of a non-biological alternative, a good team could research and develop a working prototype in a matter of years.

The fundamental question does not lie in the perhaps inappropriately named “Singularity”, (of the AI kind), but rather in by what means are neural impulses translated into sensory experience – sounds, colors, tastes, odours, tactile sensations.

By what means is the TRANSLATION effected?

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Tags: AI, androids, cognitive psychology, robotics, singularity

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