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Old 2009-03-20, 11:33   Link #1905
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Originally Posted by C.A. View Post
On robot AI and human brains.

A human has 100 billion neurons, each one is like a piece of tiny wire. If you can create a quantum computer, (actually a nano computer would be enough), with the same number of wires, you would have an artificial human brain, an AI.

All you have to do is program a baby mind into the AI, you can get the AI to learn just like a human.

If we know the exact programs to do for a human mind, we can even do it in the present day, just that it would be a super computer size. But with quantum technology, you can squeeze everything into an insignificant space, fundamentally more efficient than a human brain.

Human brains also deteriorate, but quantum brains can probably store virtual data and have near infinite storing capacity, with no need to recycle neurons to learn new things and forget old ones.
If you wanted to go even further, you could build a quantum computer to store the data about the states of every subatomic particle in a person's body. Given the right technology, you might even be able to emulate a complete human in such a way.

(On that note, those of you who haven't watched ZegaPain should go do so. It's a damn good show.)
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