01-29-2015, 05:59 AM
I don't think we are going to achieve a human-equivalent IA in a briefcase sized box, or in a box small enough to fit inside a human body, in the short term. If we do make a human equivalent AI and/or a Whole Brain Emulation in the next century or so it will almost certainly be in a relatively large supercomputer or array of supercomputers, and we will lucky to be able to move it in a truck. Maybe the size will come down quite quickly, but a human equivalent brain in a human equivalent body is an ambitious target to aim for.
Even a truck-sized AI could conceivably be given a human-sized remote body to operate, and this could be regarded as its primary body for most intents and purposes; but these mobile remote-controlled systems will probably be regulated very closely, to make sure the AI 'off switch' remains in (real) human hands.
Even a truck-sized AI could conceivably be given a human-sized remote body to operate, and this could be regarded as its primary body for most intents and purposes; but these mobile remote-controlled systems will probably be regulated very closely, to make sure the AI 'off switch' remains in (real) human hands.