1. Report of the research group "Oflameron"
Topic: "Ways of Virtualization of Consciousness"
Brief machine translation.
The deciphering of the human genome made it possible to start a machine
(computer) analysis of the structure, relationships and interaction of its elements.
The expansion of available computing resources has made it possible to analyze
the properties of various spatial structures using neural networks.
The achieved level of research does not currently allow for a complete
simulation of the work of proteins in one cell. However, now it is already possible
to start developing algorithms and software (software) for simulation and neural
networks for assessing the quality of simulation (by coincidence with the
functioning of a real cell) - stage 1. As the available computing power grows, it will
be possible to start modeling the activity of one living cell with neural network(s)
training. This will be the FIRST stage of virtualization of a living unicellular
organism. After reaching a high accuracy of matching the virtual model and the
real organism, you can proceed to the next step.
At the next stage (2) it is possible to simulate the "process of fertilization"
and cell division. Those. modeling will move to the level of a simple multicellular
organism. At this stage, a high degree of coincidence with the real organism
(embryo) should be achieved. The reactions to any impacts and the sequence of
the development process must match. This can be achieved under the condition
of appropriate improvement and training of control neural networks. At the
moment, there is not enough computing power for this, but such resources
(estimated) should appear within 15-25 years. The next horizon is stage 3. At this
stage, the transition will be made not only to a multicellular virtual organism, but
also a virtual nervous system should be “formed” with a high degree of
coincidence with the real model (living organism). This is the most important
qualitative transition, from which the period of virtualization of consciousness
fundamentally begins.
At stage 4, it is necessary to achieve modeling of the thinking process. This
will be the first stage of virtual consciousness modeling. The corresponding
control neural networks at this stage will be very different from the original
networks of stages 1-2. And they will have parameters and accumulated
coefficients that can only be interpreted by special programs (special neural
networks). A very rough estimate of the time period is 50-70 years from the start
of work.
