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Substrate-Independence Substrate-Independence is one of the main ideas developed by philosopher Nick Bostrom, one of the leading minds behind the Simulation Argument. Substrate-independence is the simple, logical, yet profound idea that mental states can reside on multiple types of physical or digital substrates. A conscious, intelligent, self-aware person can reside in an organic brain, a silicon brain, a magnetic brain - the physical construction is fundamentally irrelevant. Below, we offer a selection of links from our resource databases which may match this term.
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We can build You is a very strange tale. As the title suggests, the bulk of the book is dedicated to the integration of simulacra with organic humans, told from a very down to earth perspective. The novel examines in considerable detail, without naming them explicitly, the twin issues of substrate chauvinism and substrate independence. ![]() ![]() ![]() When questioned on the possibilities of AI controlled cars, a significant proportion of general public individuals have queried the need for them, stating such viewpoints as "driving is a right, not a privilege". How then, can we justify the pursuit of AI controlled vehicles? ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Icann, or the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, is the body which oversees the growth and development of the internet. It is the closest the internet has, to a governing body. Historically, the US governmen...
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Valarie Kepner was so excited at learning last fall that doctors might be able give her husband new hands that she called the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center without telling him first. Jeff Kepner, 57, had lost his ha...
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The laws of physics dictate that traditional lenses can't focus light onto a spot narrower than half the wavelength of the light. However, in a move which promises to increase computation speed, converting the light into waves called plasm...
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Chinese researchers have succeeded in transferring gallium nitride (GaN) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) grown on a layer of silicon to a layer of copper. The new copper substrate enabled the GaN crystals to release some of the internal stress...
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Faster, less expensive, and better. These are the advantages of dynamic stencil lithography, a new way of fabricating nanostructures, such as the tiny structures on transistors and silicon chips. The principle of the “stenc...
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