Thread: Could this be another leap for AI software?

...no it isn't?

Originally Posted by Xei

...no it isn't?

...yes it is? If you could simulate the interactions of all the molecules in a brain, then that would be very much a brute force approach.

Oh, cynical one, I know what you're thinking: but simulating molecules is no better than actually having a brain!

Yes, but we could probably go up at least a few levels of abstraction without losing anything. For example, if you have a robust set of rules for which conditions produced which proteins, you could avoid having to simulate protein folding. You could merely use a lookup table. Also, ion channels could be vastly simplified in software.

Even things like synapse growth could be simulated without actually reproducing the molecular-level interactions if you have a robust rule set for when a new synapse appears.