I have said many times that uploads created by any process I know of so far would probably be unable to learn or form memories. (I think it didn’t come up in this particular dialogue, but in the unanswered questions section Jacob mentions having heard me say it in the past.)
Eliezer has also said that makes it useless in terms of decreasing x-risk. I don’t have a strong inside view on this question one way or the other. I do think if Factored Cognition is true then “that subset of thinking is enough,” but I have a lot of uncertainty about whether Factored Cognition is true.
Anyway, even if that subset of thinking is enough, and even if we could simulate all the true mechanisms of plasticity, then I still don’t think this saves the world, personally, which is part of why I am not in fact pursuing uploading these days.
I have said many times that uploads created by any process I know of so far would probably be unable to learn or form memories. (I think it didn’t come up in this particular dialogue, but in the unanswered questions section Jacob mentions having heard me say it in the past.)
Eliezer has also said that makes it useless in terms of decreasing x-risk. I don’t have a strong inside view on this question one way or the other. I do think if Factored Cognition is true then “that subset of thinking is enough,” but I have a lot of uncertainty about whether Factored Cognition is true.
Anyway, even if that subset of thinking is enough, and even if we could simulate all the true mechanisms of plasticity, then I still don’t think this saves the world, personally, which is part of why I am not in fact pursuing uploading these days.