Wet computer

 Brian Decker

1 day ago

Yet another AI discussion which avoids the giant elephant in the room that is the fact that we are still limited by fixed ISA processors.  Regardless of scale - we are still limited to the functions that are possible within the layout of the chip.  Until QC opens the door further toward the potential for flexible ISA's that can incorporate true uncertainty (not just the pseudo-randomness we can inject today) the potential for actual intentionality simply does not exist.  We may be able to simulate a brain at incredibly high resolutions - but we will never see the emergence of intentionality any more than we will find a computer soaking wet because it simulated water at a high enough resolution or a broad enough scale.