AI's next great species, the artificial worm, will link neuroscience with computing and catapult us into an age of Star Trek-like intelligent systems.

1. Evolving AI: Lt. Data Will Be Born From Artificial Worms Stephen David Larson http://slarsØn.com

2. Lieutenant Data

3. Artificial intelligence can be powerful

4. But even clever programs still don’t appear generally intelligent http://20q.net

5. Why Artificial Intelligence has fallen short We can build systems to solve specific problems, but not problems in general. http://www.blog.iqmatrix.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/problem-solving-tactics.jpg

6. Reverse engineering the brain Understanding how the brain processes information in order to learn the tricks it uses to create intelligence

7. Neuroscience is exploding but biological systems are extremely complex

8. Pushing the state of the art of data integration

9. State of the art brain simulation http://www.mcell.cnl.salk.edu/ http://seedmagazine.com/content/article/out_of_the_blue/

10. What neuroscience can learn from AI: embodiment

11. What neuroscience can learn from AI: embodiment World Sensor input, Control System, Motor output “body”

12. What neuroscience can learn from AI: embodiment World

13. Virtual physical organisms in a computer simulation

14. Worms!

15. Enter the worm: c. elegans What’s up, baby?

16. Enter the worm: c. elegans I’ve only got 1000 cells in my whole body… please simulate me!

17. A complete simulation of the worm’s brain, body and environment Simulated World Detailed simulation of worm neurons Detailed simulation of worm body

18. The goal: understanding a faithfully simulated nervous system end to end Extracting mathematical principles from simple nervous systems is necessary if we are going to understand and reconstruct the much larger nervous system of the human.

20. Interested in: Escaping my worm Matrix