The following video may be found at http://www.ted.com/speakers/sebastian_seung.html
When I first started my quest for material on neural networks, I was afraid that there would be little available on a computer science perspective. I am pleased to find that there is an abundance of material!
This video shows the technological challenges of pursuing the brain. The medical motivations are obvious, since if this technology can be perfected, our ability to treat and diagnose diseases and other malfunctions of the nervous system will be greatly enhanced.
Although financial considerations exist in any research endeavor, the primary limitation in this area is lack of really brilliant people. There are many approaches to applying computer science techniques to biological neural networks, so there is plenty of room for many players.
The two points from the video that I would like to discuss are the ethical implications of this approach to defining who we are, and the technological requirements to achieve this sort of mapping for human beings.
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