Can You Upload a Human Mind Into a Computer? A Neuroscientist Ponders What’s Possible

Can you upload a human mind into a computer? A neuroscientist ponders what’s possible

The human brain has 86 billion neurons that make trillions of connections. Grafissimo/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty Images Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com. Is it possible to upload the consciousness of your mind into a computer? – Amreen, age 15, New Delhi, India The concept, cool yet maybe a little creepy, is known as mind u…

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Can you upload a human mind into a computer? A neuroscientist ponders what’s possible

(The Conversation) – Doable? Theoretically, mind uploading should be possible. Still, you may wonder how it could happen. After all, researchers have barely begun to understand the brain. Yet science has a track record of turning theoretical possibilities into reality. Just because a concept seems terribly, unimaginably difficult doesn’t mean it’s impossible. Consider that science took humankind to the Moon, sequenced the human genome and eradic…

Computers That Are Modeled On The Human Brain - RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY

In his online lecture, Senior Professor Rainer Waser from RWTH Aachen University will talk about the development of neuromorphic computers in the context of artificial intelligence (AI).