Carboncopies.org
Join us to see the roadmap to Substrate-Independent Minds through Whole Brain Emulation, the Eminent Scientists & Projects that form its parts @ the Global Future 2045 Congress in New York City, June 15-16, 2013  Call for Papers: JAGI Special Issue on Brain Emulation and Connectomics, a convergence of Neuroscience and Artificial General Intelligence  What is carboncopies.org? Carboncopies.org is a nonprofit organisation with a goal of advancing the reverse engineering of neural tissue and complete brains and to reproduce the functions thereof, creating what we call Substrate-Independent Minds (SIM). Through carboncopies.org, we reach out to the public (e.g. meetings, Facebook group), to projects and experts, in order to introduce SIM, to explain why we should accomplish SIM, to maintain development roadmaps, as well as to facilitate research and development networks, secure funding and the establishment of new projects to address the complete mosaic of requirements. SIM is a field of research which seeks to understand the brain and nervous system of a wide range of organisms, including humans, in order to facilitate emulation of these organisms in an artificial substrate, for example a computer processor. For a more detailed description of the rationale behind carboncopies, its character and the objectives at its roots, click here to read About carboncopies.org.  are introduced at the Global Futures 2012 congress in Moscow. Why is carboncopies.org needed? In order for progress to be made in the field of SIM, advancements in many key technologies and research areas are required. These include: Nanotechnology, biotechnology, brain imaging, neuroscience, artificial intelligence, computational hardware and architectures, cognitive psychology and philosophy. SIM sits at the confluence of many subjects, and cross-disciplinary research is a necessity. However, it can be difficult to manage and organise ideas from many different fields of expertise. SIM offers tantalizing possibilities, but they need to be understood and pursued in a structured fashion. Carboncopies.org will help by offering a networking platform and hub around which experts in the individual fields relevant to SIM can gather and exchange ideas. It will also promote these ideas and explain the motivation behind SIM to a wider audience. How will carboncopies.org achieve this? Carboncopies.org organises workshops and conferences where interested parties can exchange ideas, network with others, and keep updated on the latest developments in the field. We also gather up-to-date literature and news relevant to the SIM community. |  In the News: April 2, 2013 April 2, 2013 February 11, 2013 |
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