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

[natasha at natasha.cc]

I'll be there.

You have created a cool environment for event Giulio. Thank you!

Natasha


Quoting Giulio Prisco <giulio at gmail.com>:

> 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.
>>
>
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