[extropy-chat] A quick AGI question

[Colin Geoffrey Hales]

A quick post-script....

1) The alteration of brain 'hardware' in the form of new
neurons/astrocytes does occur, but more in the role of repair than in
learning. It is only relatively recently that the details of
neural/astrocyte cell genesis/apoptosis have emerged. The picture is not
complete.

2) The electrical 'state' of the brain is a very complex 3D electrical
field pattern. It literally is the "mind" in the sense that the
manipulation of it is what the brain is doing. This is the main
computer/brain distinction. In the computer the electrical field pattern
is irrelevant.

cheers
colin