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Worm's neurons mapped, simulated in robot
Stoic Joker:
When reading the subject line my mind expected to see
"Worm's neurons mapped, simulating a politician." ;)
-MilesAhead (November 18, 2014, 01:57 PM)
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But… but… politicians move blindly forward whereas even a worm can turn.
-cranioscopical (November 19, 2014, 01:04 PM)
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Yes, I too felt this was unfairly disparaging of worms as well. You never hear of an early bird getting a politician do you? Of course not. Because politicians are far too disgusting for birds to eat - they would probably make the poor birds sick of something.
Now if the scientists can make a robotic staph infection...that might be closer to a fair comparison.
Deozaan:
When reading the subject line my mind expected to see
"Worm's neurons mapped, simulating a politician." ;)
-MilesAhead (November 18, 2014, 01:57 PM)
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But… but… politicians move blindly forward whereas even a worm can turn.
-cranioscopical (November 19, 2014, 01:04 PM)
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Yes, I too felt this was unfairly disparaging of worms as well. You never hear of an early bird getting a politician do you? Of course not. Because politicians are far too disgusting for birds to eat - they would probably make the poor birds sick of something.
Now if the scientists can make a robotic staph infection...that might be closer to a fair comparison.
-Stoic Joker (November 19, 2014, 02:06 PM)
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Don't hold back. Tell us how you really feel! :P
MilesAhead:
When reading the subject line my mind expected to see
"Worm's neurons mapped, simulating a politician." ;)
-MilesAhead (November 18, 2014, 01:57 PM)
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But… but… politicians move blindly forward whereas even a worm can turn.
-cranioscopical (November 19, 2014, 01:04 PM)
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Heh heh. When I see a slimy politician I feel like slugging him. :)
mouser:
Very cool stuff :up:
MilesAhead:
Oh oh. Maybe Charles Stross isn't so far off. In Saturn's Children humans map their own neurons to create AI in a race of slave robots. Then conditioning is applied to make them love to serve their masters.
The original human race, or "Creators" as the robots refer to them, dies out. Various factions search for some viable DNA material to recreate a docile "Creator" to trigger the slave reflex in rivals etc..
Fun stuff. Let's see how long it takes them to get from worms to mammals.
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