[ExI] Video and discussion – Randal A. Koene on Realistic Routes to Substrate-Independent Minds, Teleplace, July 17, 2010

[Giulio Prisco]

Video and discussion – Randal A. Koene on Realistic Routes to
Substrate-Independent Minds, Teleplace, July 17, 2010
http://giulioprisco.blogspot.com/2010/07/randal-koene-on-realistic-routes-to_18.html

Randal A. Koene gave a talk in Teleplace on “Realistic Routes to
Substrate-Independent Minds” on July 17, 2010. We recorded the full
video of the presentation and Q/A in two versions: one from a fixed
point of view, and another from the dynamic point of view of a
participant who zooms on all slides to read the text better.

Full video of the presentation and Q/A (fixed point of view)
http://telexlr8.blip.tv/file/3894880/
Full video of the presentation and Q/A (participant’s dynamic point of view)
http://telexlr8.blip.tv/file/3894901/

This presentation has been a very comprehensive introduction to
Substrate-Independent Minds and a very interesting discussion of
current research, recent advances, and future possibilities. The Q/A
session has been very lively, and there has been no time to ask and
answer all the questions raised by the presentation. The good friends
at KurzweilAI have created a discussion forum on Realistic Routes to
Substrate-Independent Minds (continuation of Teleplace), where we can
continue the discussion. We encourage all those who attended the live
presentation in Teleplace and have other questions, as well as those
who have watched the video of the presentation and Q/A, to ask
questions and discuss on the KurzweilAI forum.
http://www.kurzweilai.net/forums/topic/realistic-routes-to-substrate-independent-minds-continuation-of-teleplace

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.