Kurzweil against an AI critic: (Humans)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Wednesday, September 15, 2010, 01:04 (4991 days ago) @ Balance_Maintained

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.-Never underestimate the power of the human mind; It can't be done when its been proven it can't be done. -As for the latter part, you're right as of now; but within 15 years we'll have nanomachines that will repair human bodies--a helluva lot more difficult than repairing another machine.

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