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To: Neeka who wrote (112079)	11/12/2022 1:18:25 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 125074

>> Speaking in a strictly amateurish capacity, logic tells me a combination of metal, plastic and silicon will never have the ability to experience sensation or feelings. While "never is a long time", I'm not sure we are anywhere at all in having any clue how to simulate those things. I do think there are a lot of advances toward being able to read and interpret the signals off of neurons, at least in the most rudimentary sense. The field of "computational neuroscience" has advanced considerably and I think a lot of energy is being thrown at it. Elon Musk's company, Neuralink, is working in this field -- but there is tons of university research going on here to. You may have seen this brief but fascinating video in which Neuralink has given this monkey the ability to play pong -- with a high degree of skill -- by simply thinking about the move he wants to make (this occurs at the very end of the video, where the monkey is no longer physically connected to game) They've developed a robot that can implant thousands of electrodes in the brain, safely, which pick up signals off the neurons they target within the brain. The signals off the neurons are decoded with the meaning from the monkey's thought process, which is then sent by Bluetooth to a computer which decodes the signal and converts it to standard digital inputs for the Pong game. The monkey sees the screen, knows what he wants to do to his the puck back, the signal is sent to a computer. The video shows how the monkey progresses. One can only imagine the future treatments for some of the most devastating problems involving nerve/motor problems. I think those of us who live a few years are likely to start seeing people who have lost, then recovered, motor function in a relatively straightforward surgical & learning process. If you haven't seen the video it is worth the three minutes to watch it: