TED Conversations  Kevin Jacobson  This conversation is closed.
Start a new conversation or join one »  Wouldn't it be easier to
create a biological AI instead of a mechanical AI?  You hear
about all the work IBM is putting into their super computers and
about how future computers might work and the challenges
creating them. But wouldn't it just be easier to grow a computer
capable of AI?  progress indicator   • Jon Ho      • +1     Sep
16 2012: Oh yes, brilliant idea! Growing a computer from your
farm! Excellent!      Will it be plant based or animal? ;)   •
thumb     Sep 15 2012: Maybe yes, maybe not. But to me the whole
point is precisely making it "mechanical."   • Sep 16 2012: Only
way to know is to try?   • thumb     Sep 15 2012: How?     •
thumb       Sep 16 2012: It would basically be like growing a
brain.       • thumb         Sep 18 2012: I was hoping in your
words Kev that you might have expanded upon it a little bit
more,even if you're a bit hazy on things,it's still a personal
interpretation whic