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COMPUTER-TO-PERSON DIRECT INTERFACING
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[much ado about the nature of the brain and how it is self-wiring, etc, etc]
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> So given that the hardware/software system is DYNAMIC, how can you
> make a jack (which will be fixed in space) that can interface with a
> self-rewiring analog biochemical processor whose instruction set has
> no knowledge of the world beyond the cellular level??? I don't think
> it can be done (personal opinion).
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Um... yes, but we are very fortunate to have, at our disposal, several major
NERVES that connect the senses from the disparate parts of the body TO the
brain.... Tap into those and you are in business.. This makes sensory perception
enhancement much more feasible, but makes such things as enhanced consciousness
(the computer actually FUSES with the brain to have faster memory, heightened
intelligence, etc. is well nigh impossible (even though I WILL NOT take the
extra step to say that it IS impossible)) If computer enhanced intelligence does
exist in the future, it probably will be in the form of a 'small voice talking
in your ear' privvy to the data that is coming into the brain, and able to make
separate decisions about such data, then commuting that data TO you. In other
words, a dialog.
About the problem of analog -- 1) it is only half correct. Action
potentials are PARTIALLY analog. They either are firing or they don't -- in that
sense they are digital. However, they also have limits to firing, sometimes fire
in weakened way (if overburdened by too much activity) and sometimes cannot fire
at all (if in a resting state) In addition, neurons have a partial ability to
LEARN from prior firings. The reason why you haven't gone crazy because of the
sensation of your clothes on your skin is because the neurons have ADAPTED to
this sensation, and do not fire because of it.
Anyhow, the whole paragraph above is moot, because a transform can be
made from analog to digital, as evidenced by CD players. I am not too familiar
with the mechanics of this, but it is certainly NOT an impassible block as far
as Cyber technology is concerned....
Curious as to what you think,
Ed
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