Kurzweil against an AI critic: (Humans)

by Balance_Maintained , U.S.A., Monday, September 13, 2010, 22:08 (4992 days ago) @ xeno6696

Ok, so assume for a moment that they are able to model a brain. Woohoo! Can they build it, possibly. With enough processors and sub-processors it might be possible. Would it function as efficiently? It might seem to at first, but I doubt it. Even IF they succeed at modeling it and building a circuited version, unless they figure out how to make a biochemical version, it will not be capable of the elegant beauty of the human brain. Why? Because hardware can't rebuild itself to suit it's needs. It can in a fashion, by making and breaking paths between sub-processors, but not to the same extent as the brain.