I am aware of textbook neuroscience, but it really does not tell you enough to let you emulate the brain.
Neuroanatomy plus single-neuron understanding is not enough... OCP cannot benefit directly from detailed neuroscience knowledge as it is a different sort of AGI system ... but a closely brain-based AGI system could of course be built within the OpenCog Framework, which would be good fun... ben G On 8/10/08, John LaMuth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* Ben Goertzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *To:* agi@v2.listbox.com > *Sent:* Sunday, August 10, 2008 8:00 AM > *Subject:* Re: [agi] The Necessity of Embodiment > > > ... the best approaches are > > 1) wait till the brain scientists scan the brain well enough that, by > combining appropriate neurocognitive theory w/ brain scan results, we can > figure out how the brain works ... then emulate it in hardware > > ********************************************************* > > Ben > This has already been achieved through basic neuroanatomy, where the > cytoarchitectonic subdivisions of both the thalamus and the neocortex are > topographically defined in terms of the variables of phylogenetic age and > input specificity. The cortical and thalamic parcellations of Brodmann, von > Economo and Hassler are each quantitatively correlated to a specific > Cartesian coordinate value designating discrete levels for both evolutionary > age and input basic parameters. This dual parameter grid does for > neuroscience what the periodic table did for chemistry... > more at > http://www.forebrain.org > > As far as "embidiment" -- the brain apparently "secretes" its own VR > reality, as imperfectly experienced in dreams, and more precisely in waking > consc.The human brain is essentially a self-assembling (in utero) wet-ware > biocomputer/ motivational analyzer that ensures the survival of the organism > in harmony with the environment. The mind, which is the domain of study for > psychology, represents the outward manifestation of the software processes > that mediate consciousness, emotion, and communication. This mirrors the > technological platform encountered for Artificial Intelligence, although the > hardware is silicon-based and digital (rather than analogue), and advances > typically target only an imitation of the symbolic attributes of language, > rather than the entire spectrum of human consciousness (that required > billions of years of evolution to perfect). > > In summary, then, through the aid of the new "periodic table" for the human > forebrain (employing the basic exteroceptive, interoceptive, and > proprioceptive input categories), an intimately detailed pattern > correspondence can be established with the instinctual principles of > behavioral psychology. Here, the forebrain expands upon the > stimulus/response (sensory/motor) reflex arcs implicit in the neuraxial > spinal cord, with the intermediary neurons mediating the interoceptive > sensations correlating to the emotions. Indeed, the nervous system never > replaces basic circuitry, only modifies it, such as evident in the vast > expansion of the forebrain based upon the visual and olfactory senses. This > expansion of the forebrain, in turn, serves as the elementary foundation for > the higher cognitive disciplines within psychology. Therefore, by applying > the behavioral principles on an evolutionary scale from lower animals clear > on up to humans, it is possible to achieve such a synthesis of behavioral > psychology with its corresponding "hard science" referent in the field of > neuroanatomy. > > Please advise if this might be of value to OCP ... > > John E LaMuth > > > ------------------------------ > *agi* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/> | > Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com> > -- Ben Goertzel, PhD CEO, Novamente LLC and Biomind LLC Director of Research, SIAI [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be first overcome " - Dr Samuel Johnson ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=108809214-a0d121 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
