(Original title: Do We Need Brain Implants to Keep Up with Robots?)
Netease Technology News November 9 news, authorities have been worried about the future of robots will surpass humans, replace our work, it may bring more consequences, like the "Matrix" in the same scene. Professor Christof Koch, who has been engaged in brain science research for 25 years, has proposed a solution: If you want to not fall behind the machine, we should use the brain implant device to enhance our cognitive ability.
Koch is the head of the Allen Institute for Brain Research, which has an annual research budget of more than $100 million. Koch published an article in the Wall Street Journal titled "We want to go beyond artificial intelligence, we need a high-tech brain." The subheadline is "To avoid the anti-utopian future brought about by the rise of AI, to strengthen the human brain. Technology is essential."
Koch explored a non-invasive method of implantation, such as transcranial magnetic stimulation, but he did not think it was enough. He claims that "To ultimately improve our brain power, we need to directly listen to or control a single neuron. And to achieve this goal we must directly contact the brain tissue. Now we need at least surgery to get through the skull."
Koch suggested that brain implants have already helped paralyzed patients to manipulate computers and robots, and scientists are exploring whether they can use it as a treatment for depression and other mental disorders. He claims that future brain implants can quickly help us download a lot of knowledge so that we can learn new skills without even trying, just like Neo in the Matrix empire learns to fly helicopters.
Koch said: "Another exciting research area is the use of direct interneuron connections to fuse two or more brains into one conscious mind, just like Berger in Star Trek." Koch called for the design of safe, inexpensive, reliable and durable equipment and procedures to control the brain work process under the protection of the skull.
When referring to brain implants, one must mention the two pioneers in the field, Jose Delgado and Robert Heath, who were tested on a bull and a gay man. They will definitely like Koch's proposal. But Koch ignored the obvious problems with his ideas. The fact that bad guys invade our smartphones and tablets is already very scary. Can they invade our brains? Brain implants give rulers access to ultimate brain information reading and thought control.
But most importantly, we are still far from the brain-enhancing technology that Koch imagines. Scientists have been experimenting with neural techniques related to the treatment of neurological diseases. They have achieved little harvest for more than half a century. Reliable integration of neural tissue and digital technology requires the breaking of neural coding, which is equivalent to brain software in the brain responsible for cognition, memory, emotion, and decision-making. But Koch's proposal casts doubt on whether it is possible to unleash neural coding in the near future.
Neuroscience has too many candidates for neural coding research, such as population coding, velocity coding, time coding, grandma cell coding, and chaotic coding. Koch once claimed that it is almost certain that neural coding is not as simple and universal as genetic coding.
Neural coding seems to be different in different species, and even different models of perception exist in the same species. Koch explained: “The hearing-related coding is different from the olfactory coding. Part of the reason is that the phonemes that make up the words change faster and the odor changes slowly. Perhaps there is no universal concept to manage the neural information processing process, and the brain has amazing adaptation. Sex, able to extract every piece of information and form a new code when needed, so the reason why the brain processes information too little is that we have difficulty understanding the coding method at the time."
Koch's neural coding research has always been questionable. Since only a lot of propaganda of neurological research has emerged since he began his research, there has been no real breakthrough in neural coding research. Koch has now focused on an intellectual model called Integrated Information Theory. This model shows that even a single proton may be conscious, which means that consciousness is spread throughout the universe. But his theory seems to have revealed a hopeless signal.
Therefore, his research direction has turned to a semi-robot who has made humans super smart. Koch seems to be looking for a great reason for his brain research project. Koch is also really worried about the future of mankind. Last year, he expressed his concerns about inequality, political instability, nuclear terrorism and war in an interview. He feared that science that failed to solve these problems would exacerbate these problems.
For example, advances in artificial intelligence research may cause human transport workers to lose their jobs. Koch said: "A large number of trucks and taxis will be self-driving, because this technology is safer, cheaper, and faster. So why are the 3.5 million drivers who are unemployed going? We must turn them into Java programmers." It is doubtful that if we do not take care of them, they may starve and we will also face more social problems."
Artificial intelligence can also cause serious damage from other sources. For example, a stock selection process may stimulate people to wage war to improve the performance of defense stocks. Koch explained: "It is not trying to occupy the world. It just wants to maximize its return on investment, and the accident has always existed. In addition, the machine may eventually be smarter than humans, and that is what we have to worry about. "(passer)
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