http://www.kurzweilai.net/highways-of-the-brain-high-cost-high-capacity Accelerating Intelligence Tue, 21 May 2013 17:03:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://www.kurzweilai.net/highways-of-the-brain-high-cost-high-capacity/comment-page-1#comment-19571 Phil Osborn Thu, 21 Jun 2012 03:10:10 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=154004#comment-19571 On that note, there is that pesky problem of internal positive feedbacks, as in fugue states, as well as siezure-type events. How is it that the brain manages - most of the time - to avoid simply dropping into an endless feedback, like in autism or catatonia. We clearly have the capability to generate an internal simulation of reality that is convincing - as in our dreams - so how would having new high-speed routes added impact the reality binding? On that note, there is that pesky problem of internal positive feedbacks, as in fugue states, as well as siezure-type events. How is it that the brain manages – most of the time – to avoid simply dropping into an endless feedback, like in autism or catatonia. We clearly have the capability to generate an internal simulation of reality that is convincing – as in our dreams – so how would having new high-speed routes added impact the reality binding?

]]> http://www.kurzweilai.net/highways-of-the-brain-high-cost-high-capacity/comment-page-1#comment-19561 Phil Osborn Thu, 21 Jun 2012 02:36:08 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=154004#comment-19561 Right on, Gorden! I've been suggesting the same as a possible strategy for some time now - several times here, in response to other related articles. Always nice to see my personal theories vindicated. I wonder what kind of processing and clocking would be involved in superposing Small Worlds bridging? You would think that the bio-brain would be quick to take advantage of new data superhighways that moved info at near light speed. Of course, there is still the interface problem, and you would have to be concerned about self-sustaining positive feedback loops generating siezures. Right on, Gorden! I’ve been suggesting the same as a possible strategy for some time now – several times here, in response to other related articles. Always nice to see my personal theories vindicated. I wonder what kind of processing and clocking would be involved in superposing Small Worlds bridging? You would think that the bio-brain would be quick to take advantage of new data superhighways that moved info at near light speed. Of course, there is still the interface problem, and you would have to be concerned about self-sustaining positive feedback loops generating siezures.

]]> http://www.kurzweilai.net/highways-of-the-brain-high-cost-high-capacity/comment-page-1#comment-19458 Gorden Russell Wed, 20 Jun 2012 17:01:00 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=154004#comment-19458 This will teach us where to insert our little graphene bio-computers. I can't wait. I'm getting old and keep having middle-age moments where I can't remember things I've always known. I really need a couple extra gigs of memory. This will teach us where to insert our little graphene bio-computers. I can’t wait. I’m getting old and keep having middle-age moments where I can’t remember things I’ve always known. I really need a couple extra gigs of memory.

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