Brian Cox says we'll soon upload our brains onto computers
It may sound like the plot from the latest science fiction blockbuster, but uploading your brain onto a computer to achieve immortality could soon become a reality. In a new interview, Professor Brian Cox said that the technique, known as'technological singularity' could be available sooner than you think. Professor Cox said that he found'no reason at all' why human intelligence couldn't be simulated by computers - although he did not express a timeline for this to happen. In a new interview, Professor Brian Cox said that the technique, known as'technological singularity' could be available sooner than you think To replicate the mind digitally we would have to map each of these connections, something that is far beyond our current capabilities. Even if we could create such a'wiring diagram' for a living brain, that wouldn't be enough to understand how it operates.
Oct-6-2017, 09:55:04 GMT
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