[FRIAM] Warring Darwinians for Glen, Steve

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So, in state space reconstruction, it seems, we're attempting to infer a structure that is *as* expressive as the data we feed it, similar I guess to deep learning or genetic programming. All the sci-fi movies focus on the brain (or maybe even the CNS). But what I'd like to see is something like FPGA where the dynamically programmable "sleeve" (as in Altered Carbon) is hooked to one end of a harness and the "original" is hooked to the other end ... like a motion capture suit but with way more pathways. Then the "sleeve" is re-configured/programmed over some relatively short period. Like the original has to wear the suit for a 24 hour period ... paying bills, making coffee, having sex, etc. Then, at the end of the process, the sleeve is configured to be as expressive as the original ... at  least in so far as the data taken during that period.

We couldn't use such things for long-term duplication. But it would be great for, say, giving speeches. We could take a Donald Trump sleeve, *program* it with Barack Obama, and abracadabra we have a real president who can get through a 30 minute speech without screwing it up.


On 5/5/20 4:26 PM, Steven A Smith wrote:
> Meanwhile, I agree strongly with you that a great deal of your internal state (second by second) is operationally opaque to me and everyone else who might try to observe, including Marcus when he wires you up with Neuralink hardware or locks you into an fMRI while you fantasize about your next car or reminisce about a favorite meal/libation you enjoyed 37 years ago while apprehending the Aurora Borealis at winter solstice in a northern Finland resort that overlooks the Russian Landscape across the border.  I also know from my own musings and reminiscings that *my* memories can vary from time to time (and from an objective observation like a microphone or camera capturing those aspects of a situation).

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