Since the 1950s, the human race has been preoccupied with the idea of making our minds immortal so that they can live on in another form after our physical bodies die. Modern TV series such as black mirror, And movies like the one made by Johnny Depp in the lead role Unlimited They showed that the interest is still there – and thanks to everything, many scientists are currently working on how to implement all this.
Although we used to think that turning a human mind into a computer seemed impossible, nowadays more and more ideas that can even be implemented appear, but these are still just scratching the surface. One possible method is brain simulation, which could be made possible by examining the brain and its activity in detail—however, this is not the most promising method, he writes. Conversation.
Scanning and copying
According to the paper, the most promising method appears to be a procedure called ‘scan and copy’, in which the structure of the brain is examined in detail – for example using an electron microscope – and which would help collect the data needed to create a working copy of the brain. All this is due to the rapid development of neurotechnology, that is, the science that deals with methods of directly recording or modifying the activity of the human brain.
One of the best-known neurotechnology companies under Elon Musk’s name is Neuralink, which set out to develop human-machine nervous system communication five years ago — but apart from them, Stentrode has also earned a particularly high reputation. It recently made headlines for allowing severely paralyzed patients to use their thoughts to control a computer and perform online activities such as shopping or sending email.
These advances, along with the rapid development of artificial intelligence, allow us to better understand brain waves, and in the future it may become possible to send messages to the brain or modify its functions. No one yet knows how long it will take to develop a perfect copy of the brain – it could take up to 100 years, but we must not forget how quickly technology has developed in recent years.
For example, fifty years ago, we first used magnetic resonance imaging, otherwise known as magnetic resonance imaging, and today artificial intelligence performs tasks for us in seconds that previously took long hours or even days.
They are constantly arguing about it
It was published in 2008 in the report Researchers at the University of Oxford have described whole-brain simulation as a huge engineering and research problem, but add that it has a well-defined purpose and therefore may be possible — but others are skeptical. Many believe that the brain works the way it does because of its relationship to other parts of the body and the environment, and that our mind, especially consciousness, is often seen as something larger and more rapid than the function of the biological brain itself. .
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