I don't know how you derived the value 10^4, Matt, but that seems reasonable to me. Terren, let me go back to the article and try to understand what exactly it says is happening. Certainly that's my editorial's crux
On 12/11/08, Matt Mahoney <matmaho...@yahoo.com> wrote: > --- On Thu, 12/11/08, Eric Burton <brila...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I don't think that each inheritor receives a full set of the >> original's memories. But there may have *evolved* in spite of the >> obvious barriers, a means of transferring primary or significant >> experience from one organism to another in genetic form... >> we can imagine such a thing given this news! > > Well, we could, if there was any evidence whatsoever for Lamarckian > evolution, and if we thought with our reproductive organs. > > To me, it suggests that AGI could be implemented with a 10^4 speedup over > whole brain emulation -- maybe. Is it possible to emulate a sparse neural > network with 10^11 adjustable neurons and 10^15 fixed, random connections > using a non-sparse neural network with 10^11 adjustable connections? > > -- Matt Mahoney, matmaho...@yahoo.com > > > > ------------------------------------------- > 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/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > ------------------------------------------- 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=123753653-47f84b Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
