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Downloading The Mind

Posted by Hemos on from the place-it-in-your-databank dept.

bluemug writes "The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's popular science radio show Quirks and Quarks aired a piece this weekend about Ray Kurzweil's ideas on downloading human minds to silicon. (The interview is available in MP3 or OGG.) Kurzweil figures we'll have strong AI by 2029 and be able to copy a human mind about a decade after that. Book your appointment now!"

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  1. Re:Sure! by Alsee · · Score: 5, Informative

    Genetic algorithms are useful for some very specific trial and error sorts of problems. But using them to random walk...

    Then you do not understand genetic algorithms. If you are a programmer I recommend you read up on them, they are far more powerful than a simple random walk. Mathematical analysis shows tremendous implicit parallelism. You aren't merely working on X individuals, you are working on X individuals times Y schema, where Y is a monsterously large number. Mutation is the least signifigant thing going on in the evolution process.

    Unfortunately it is to complicated and mathmatical to explain here, but if you are up for it try this Google search on "genetic algorithms" "implicit parallelism".

    Remember, this is the process that created humans. When people hear "evolution" they usualy think "mutation". Mutation is almost insignifigant. The power lies in recombination and immense implicit parallelism.

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