[ExI] Reminder: Randal A. Koene on Realistic Routes to Substrate Independent Minds, Teleplace, July 17, 10am PST

[Giulio Prisco]

Reminder: Randal A. Koene will give a talk in Teleplace on July 17,
2010, at 10am PST (1pm EST, 6pm UK, 7pm CET).
http://telexlr8.wordpress.com/2010/07/04/randal-a-koene-on-realistic-routes-to-substrate-independent-minds-teleplace-july-17-10am-pst/
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=136364963049075
Those who already have Teleplace accounts for teleXLR8 can just ahow
up at the talk. There are a limited number of seats available for
others, please contact me if you wish to attend.

On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 12:32 PM, Giulio Prisco <giulio at gmail.com> wrote:
> Randal A. Koene will give a talk in Teleplace on July 17, 2010, at
> 10am PST (1pm EST, 6pm UK, 7pm CET).
> http://telexlr8.wordpress.com/2010/07/04/randal-a-koene-on-realistic-routes-to-substrate-independent-minds-teleplace-july-17-10am-pst/
> http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=136364963049075
>
> Realistic Routes to Substrate Independent Minds
> Randal A. Koene – carboncopies.org
>
> Take as a given that the Church-Turing thesis applies to human
> thinking, that our minds are complex machines, but machines
> nonetheless. Let us also assume that we already understand many of the
> scientific, societal and even evolutionary pressures – as described in
> several of my previous talks – that underscore the need to augment our
> minds with the capabilities of machine intelligence and the
> adaptability to operate in computational substrates other than those
> of the cerebral neurophysiology. What do we know about the possible
> target substrates and the procedures that may achieve a transition to
> such substrates? Which are the primary remaining scientific
> challenges, and which are the engineering hurdles to be overcome? At
> carboncopies.org, we are taking steps to identify and formulate
> rational approaches to these problems. For example, on one end of the
> spectrum we investigate feasible and careful ways to accomplish
> subject-specific data acquisition and whole brain emulation, while on
> the other we lend support to proposals for commercially viable
> developments in cognitive augmentation. We actively encourage peer
> review through publications and events such as the workshop on
> Advancing Substrate Independent Minds (ASIM-2010) in San Francisco,
> August 16-17, 2010.
>
> Those who already have Teleplace accounts for teleXLR8 can just ahow
> up at the talk. There are a limited number of seats available for
> others, please contact me if you wish to attend.
>