Kaku doesn't know what he's taking about. With cybernetic enhancement we will be able to learn whole new languages and university courses in minutes(I saw it on National Geographic)
@terminator847 yeah....like you have any idea what you're talking about. The Man is a world famous highly respected theoretical physicist. All you are is a smartass watching youtube videos....
@MasonicKryptonite No he's world famous TV character. He doesn't know any details about actual scientific research, he just uses his natural charisma and tells people stuff they enjoy hearing so he'll get better ratings. Computer chips in the brain is not science fiction.
@terminator847 His qualifications contradict your opinion. He might not be your favorite, but other than you, he understands what he is talking about. Watching crap on National Geographic does not make you a physicist.
@terminator847 What is it with you and your cybernetic enhancements?! If it weren't for modern Physics there would be no nano-technology (which makes things like Iphones and RFID chips possible). Computer chips used by Doctors do not do more than monitor and save data at the moment. The things you are talking about are no where near completion, and will take years until they are.
@terminator847 Do you even know what "cybernetic" means? It's Greek for "controlling-governing" and doesn't inherently have anything to do with technology or biology. It's systems theory and it's incredibly boring. The word you should have used is bionics or bioengineering, not the totally made up phrase you tried to pass off as if you knew anything about, well, anything.
@terminator847 I'd say given that he helped found string field theory and continues to be one of the forerunners of quantum computing he probably knows what he's talking about. With our current knowledge there is no way to "program" a brain to learn new things via some sort of digital transfer. Sure, prosthetic robotic limbs and organs are being used and improved upon ever day, but the brain is an entirely different ballgame.
@nbmatt why? cause the great Kaku said it's impossible? How the hell would he know more about this then Kevin Warwick, who happens to be 100% qualified to talk about the cybernetic enhancement of the brain. But you probably don't know who he is do you?
@nbmatt why? cause the great Kaku said it's impossible? How the hell would he know more about this then Kevin Warwick, who happens to be 100% qualified to talk about the cybernetic enhancement of the brain. But you probably don't know who he is do you?
yea there has to be a way of you being unconcious as they like flash images or something to your brain that your brain soakes up so well that u remember every single thing and you learn that muscle memory of that of a kung fu master that you could do the same things. of course you would have to build muscle to do everything, but a pill should be coming out soon for that, right?
@Bazzralic i think it dont think its neuron genesis and i dont think they contain information i think the just tranfer it u know? like signals not like full information maybe if we found out what goes where we could shoot exact problems into someones brain but bottom line we just dont know enough about the brain its to complex
Not to mention in order to "learn" a physical task, certainly complex sets of movement such as exist in a martial art, requires repetitive motion to establish "muscle memory" or "unconscious-nerve-muscle-correlation/induction". I may not have that quite right, but most of you will the gist.
Perhaps loading a program into a brain isn't really possible, "or at least practical" but perhaps we could use a VR system in which your brain is tricked into experiencing hours or months in a span of time that is actually seconds, so you get vast experience while only using up a fraction of that apparent time outside the simulation.
Very interesting.. the show Chuck has the intersect , and matrix ..well matrix.. i think that this technology is being developed or exist behind government walls
I don't think you could become a Karate master or anything that requires use of your physical body, since your muscle, joints, reaction times would not have changed. Learning techniques and other "non-physical" attributes would be a possibility, but that would be fairly limited in comparison to the physical realms.
not sure if this was mentioned, but all of the "programming" occurred when they were in the Matrix...or rather, when they were loaded in to the main program. So what is happening is a human designed program is being introduced that "teaches" the avatar the physics of the programmed world, and how to manipulate it according to the skill or skills required or requested. Now being able to plug yourself in to a computer program at some point, that's a different question
i know this is a year later, but they DO now have the ability to essentially record a rat memory, erase the original, and replace it with the recorded memory, all in the same individual rat. See study by scientists at Wake Forest University and the University of Southern California, look for article in Journal of Neural Engineering by Theodore Berger of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering's Department of Biomedical Engineering. Rat B's brain understanding rat A's memory, now... that'll be hard
We'd more need things like working on reflexes, if you noticed when Neo was "learning" he was twitching a lot. His brain was getting taught the reflexes such as you described, not downloaded to his brain.
When he learned the reflexes and muscle movements of said skills, he could recall them just like we can recall anything else.
So can't we simulate all possible mistakes in a few seconds or less and have the brain learn it? It can't learn "Matrix-style", but this might be a valid substitute for that.
ima become a karate master and teach someone, when they get there black bet i'll make them push a button... *student pushes button* Here is your black belt =P
Actually, I saw research where they monitored signals in the brain of a rat being trained to do a task, then played those signals back to a different rat to simulate that it was going through the same experience, and it too could complete the task. So no, just dumping information into your brain won't work, but simulating the learning experience at the neural level seems to have promise.
Brains learn, computers execute. A short example is when you click on a button in a software interface expecting a predictable action to occur but your computer gives an error. You try clicking again but the computer responds exactly the same, without learning of the mistake and trying to resolve it, because the code implemented doesn't include that error catch exception.
In previous Big Think episodes Dr. Kaku talks about nano-bots as I'm sure many of us are aware of in some sense. If they become usable in our bodies, why couldn't they effect our brains by causing connections between neural pathways. These pathways could be copied from an actual master, and replicated in a beginner. Imagine how great life would be if you could choose what you want to know about, and then not only know about it, but be a master at it as well.
@ItsCuzImDED I'm pretty sure that's not how the brain works. There is no, "Helicopter Skills" somehow already in the brain just sitting there, where if only the "connections" were made you would know how to pilot a helicopter.
That's sort of like saying, "We can take a blueprint of this car, download it into these blocks of metal, and it'll form itself into a car."
@ThaMahstah That's not what I said at all. I said copy the neural connections from someone that already has the skills, and use nanobots to reconstruct the same structures in a novices brain. I know there's not secret information already in our brains. I'm saying copy and paste. But this would all require a complete understanding of what the entire brain does exactly, and nanobots. That's far-flung future, but I guess I see how you got that from what I said.
Dr. Kaku, I have to disagree, who's to say that you're uploading a program? Could it not be that instead of doing that, it instead creates all the neural pathways that are included in knowing the skill proficiently? Because that's what happens as you repeat something, more neural pathways become associated with it. Sounds plausible to me.
Find a way to transfer memories across people, or get memories into a physical copy you can transfer onto someone else. If you have all the memories of a helicopter pilot or a karate champion, then technically you should be able to do what they can.
@evidesmc Karate or really any athletic endeavour doesn't work that way. You're programming muscle memory, not the one in your head. That's why athletes do a lot of repetition.
I think the Matrix got the idea from the movie " Lawnmower Man ". Just think of the quality of life you could lead in a 75 year span with that much knowledge coming to you in a blink of an eye !!!!
So what if, instead of doing it "Matrix-style", you design the program to teach your brain in a way the brain can be taught? We already know how to do that...we just need to figure out how to accelerate the process.
@dayati, "in a way the brain can be taught" -that's what he means by first reverse engineering the brain. We don't know how it can be taught _directly_ until we do that.
@dayati id think we'd still need to reverse engineer the brain to know which neurons to fire since everyone doesnt really have the same set of neurons in a brain. that is probably based on genetics and what you've learned all this time. we'd have to know the pattern of which can be fired to teach karate, so, the teaching process is unique to everyone, that is, if we even know how to do it right now..
i think yes its only a matter of time. Everything is in a matter of time. so never say can do somthing? but when can I do this? I think even in time we will be "gods" to another beings. I belive we are playing with "gods" tools and once we have a good understanding of the tools the I can try and be a carpenter like our "gods/father" and will build and spread knowledge. :)
@cresong97531 You are the only person I've met who agrees with me. If you take people from 2000+ years ago they would call us gods because we can fly, "enter heaven" (go into space), explain the human soul (the brain), we can create spiritual experiences (drugs), etc. I believe science and god are going to combine at some point in time (I.E. book Angels and Demons)
@Ilikepiemonkeys97 I think you'll also call them ingenious given how they were able to survive in harsh environments. Try jogging 10 km & still have to fight a battle without the comforts of home. Keep in mind there was no morphine those days.
@JBroMCMXCI Dumb Fuck, what does that actually mean if you where to use the "real" meaning of those two words, Dumb = Mute, Fuck = Sex, So your calling him a "Mute Sex"? I do not see what Mute Sex has to do with flying. I think you need a lesson in language and a bar of soap shoved down your throat.
@JBroMCMXCI I socialise plenty, I just like to be respectful because others respect me back for it. By the way if you were to use the slang meaning it would come out like this, Dumb = Stupid, Fuck = Sex. So in turn you are calling him a Stupid Sex? Reality check mate, it's not rocket science.
@JBroMCMXCI Where do you get your information from, the back of a misprinted cereal box or did your parents tell you that so you didn't know what the real meaning of it was. Really kid, your just making a fool of yourself. Have some dignity and accept that you are not a dictionary or a respectable person. I had a great time playing and hope to win again some other time. In the meantime I'll just ignore your stupidity.
I disagree with this video simply because NANO tech is developing and if/when it is implemented into our bodys we could rewrite the paths that our brains use called "impulses" these impulses being rewritten as a live rendering effect are able to be manipulated through the changing of electrons in our brains....therefor we can simply learn whatever we want as he puts it "in the push of a button" or as I would put it....in the UI search engine that will be developed after implanting nanos in us
@TheNewUtopiaOrder further more nano technology could be implemented as a "fountain of youth" all we have to do is define the ailments of "age" and then reverse it and bingo we have a fountain of youth!
@TheNewUtopiaOrder aging happens because every cell in us has a small defect, as as that cell divides the second cell to come out of it carries that defect like a copier at home, but like every copy it never comes out perfectly the same, another defect comes up, over time the cells end up with more and more defects, until all are cells have to many defects to work and we die with are weakened bodies
@rickson50 that dont mean that nano shit cant correct the problem yo trust me agelessness is coming between physics and chemistry i gaurentee its gonna happen
i like the stargate take on memory interface, your given the information through an insanely rapid sequence of lights/images and while that is happening certain parts of your brain are made more active
If people will have that ability,expect the side affect to happen-people will inject religion,world views and loyalty.
That means that the Indoctrination will become a technological capability of vast options,in a way forming a machine that directly does that.
There is a TV show called "The Doll House" that shows what such things can do.
Remember-In this world constant change and motion is a common thing,if you invent something you find useful,expect that something to change it's initial idea.
I think anything is possible in the future, let's say....in the next 1000 years they could have the technology they would need to do something like this. But we won't see anything like this in our lifetime...
we need to work with DNA in terms of memory, you think animals around the world do the same exact stuff cuz they learned it in school? No, alot of their knowledge is hardwired into them at birth..
After the singularity would begin the process of merging with machines (supposedly 2045) after successful integration between man and machine, we could easily learn this way, close your eyes, access the web, pick a file, download it and bam..
But actually in The Matrix all skills that characters have learnt were to use in the matrix which was in computer not for the real body in real world anyway. So even in the matrix human can't learn by injected the program directly to the brain.
@LukeSchoen The brain does not store digital data, at least in the way most people define it. We don't store data in bytes, nor do we "think" in algorithms. We CAN make organic methods of storing digital data (with bacteria for instance), but that's not how our brains work. I'm not in neuroscience so I can't comment on specifics but I know enough about how computers work to realize that while we sometimes use ourselves as analogues to them (ie brain=processor) we are not actually PCs
Some info. The brain is analog. Neurons in the brain store small amounts of information and are connected by synapses. Think of synapses as roads. Everytime something seems to be true, a new road is added between neurons. Think of the electrical signals travelling between neurons as cars. The more roads there are, the more cars travel to it.
Eg. Neuron A = red. Neuron B = apple. Everytime you see a red apple, a new road is added and its easier to think of red when you see an apple
I live on Brazil, and here the things related to the free knowledge and science are even worse then they are on the rest of the American Continent, I think. At least for the "big population", if you know what I mean... its like all arround the world. Well, I've sixteen years and I've learned english without any lesson on school...and I love science. Concluding, I think that people who make the difference.. like the people who watch these videos, are realy the little part of population :/
@darkideluck and hopefully after the singularity, we're the only ones, merging man and machine would be beneficial for either side, I believe a genius level machine AI would want to trim the big population before it allowed merging though.
Well, even if you were to gain that information directly into your brain.
You would still lack the motor skills to actually do it.
Its like reading about how to paint and actually gaining the skill to paint from learning.
Unless you somehow would be able to add this information that your muscles need to coordinate your movement as well
I actually do think that it will be possible to gain knowledge at an increased pace someday, but the skills to use that would still need to be mastered "manually"
Translating information from our brain into digital data is much easier than the other way around. To transfer knowledge or data to your brain directly, we'll need to know which neurons are actually involved in which particular task and due to the large variations in the human brain, it's virtually impossible to accurately map which neurons to target when transferring data to our head. Assuming that we have already created an interface -_-
yes our learning new things involves formation of new neural circuits which actually takes time, learning anything using tricks is actually involves flowing signals through pre-formed circuits but in different way to get desired result. So learning the way it was showed in Matrix doesn't seem possible.
BUT I do agree with the concept of the movie about creating a virtual world or a common platform where we can actually play with our brain and I think it would be great generation of Gaming World
What do you mean brains have no programming? Recent research suggests that the basics of language are instinctively understood, based off students at a deaf-only school in Africa, lacking instructors in sign language, being able to easily come up with their own language. If this is true than many other processes could function like this without us able to detect it. More research is needed, but thats some food for thought.
Besides, karate would be a bad example as it also involves a good deal of physical conditioning in addition to training the brain. Muscles needing to become more stronger and more limber, etc.
In a sense, it is possible, but the problem is that in order to learn something in seconds, we would need to know how to rewrite memories or code new ones inside the cell it self. We would need to write the right frequencies inside the block of memories and that means rewriting millions or even billions of neurons to actually incept a teaching artificially. In theory, it's possible, but highly unpractical with today technology
But I need expert gunfighting skills by tomorrow goddammit!
CommendatoreAndolini 4 hours ago
Highly* respected university like michio kaku is you need to be highly qualified, end of discussion
oceanofplasma 9 hours ago
In order to be a professor at a highk
oceanofplasma 9 hours ago
Kaku doesn't know what he's taking about. With cybernetic enhancement we will be able to learn whole new languages and university courses in minutes(I saw it on National Geographic)
terminator847 20 hours ago
@terminator847 yeah....like you have any idea what you're talking about. The Man is a world famous highly respected theoretical physicist. All you are is a smartass watching youtube videos....
MasonicKryptonite 18 hours ago
@MasonicKryptonite No he's world famous TV character. He doesn't know any details about actual scientific research, he just uses his natural charisma and tells people stuff they enjoy hearing so he'll get better ratings. Computer chips in the brain is not science fiction.
terminator847 17 hours ago
@terminator847 His qualifications contradict your opinion. He might not be your favorite, but other than you, he understands what he is talking about. Watching crap on National Geographic does not make you a physicist.
MasonicKryptonite 17 hours ago
@MasonicKryptonite please tell me what makes him qualified to talk about cybernetic enhancement, or about the biology behind the brain.
terminator847 17 hours ago
@terminator847 What is it with you and your cybernetic enhancements?! If it weren't for modern Physics there would be no nano-technology (which makes things like Iphones and RFID chips possible). Computer chips used by Doctors do not do more than monitor and save data at the moment. The things you are talking about are no where near completion, and will take years until they are.
MasonicKryptonite 16 hours ago
@terminator847 So saying "Kaku doesn't know what he's talking about" only proves that YOU do not know what he's talking about.
MasonicKryptonite 16 hours ago
@terminator847 Do you even know what "cybernetic" means? It's Greek for "controlling-governing" and doesn't inherently have anything to do with technology or biology. It's systems theory and it's incredibly boring. The word you should have used is bionics or bioengineering, not the totally made up phrase you tried to pass off as if you knew anything about, well, anything.
nbmatt 5 hours ago
@nbmatt whatever, he still doesn't know what he's talking about
terminator847 4 hours ago
@terminator847 I'd say given that he helped found string field theory and continues to be one of the forerunners of quantum computing he probably knows what he's talking about. With our current knowledge there is no way to "program" a brain to learn new things via some sort of digital transfer. Sure, prosthetic robotic limbs and organs are being used and improved upon ever day, but the brain is an entirely different ballgame.
nbmatt 4 hours ago
@nbmatt why? cause the great Kaku said it's impossible? How the hell would he know more about this then Kevin Warwick, who happens to be 100% qualified to talk about the cybernetic enhancement of the brain. But you probably don't know who he is do you?
terminator847 30 minutes ago
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@nbmatt why? cause the great Kaku said it's impossible? How the hell would he know more about this then Kevin Warwick, who happens to be 100% qualified to talk about the cybernetic enhancement of the brain. But you probably don't know who he is do you?
terminator847 29 minutes ago
While Michio Kaku is great when it comes to explaining other peoples ideas, but I am not a big fan of his personal insights.
DynamicUnreality 1 day ago
yea there has to be a way of you being unconcious as they like flash images or something to your brain that your brain soakes up so well that u remember every single thing and you learn that muscle memory of that of a kung fu master that you could do the same things. of course you would have to build muscle to do everything, but a pill should be coming out soon for that, right?
ThePokerftw 1 day ago
1- Neuron Genesis
2- Neuron Connection / Cohesion [assuring the newly synthesized neurons comply with pre existing information]
3- PRogrammable Organic to Digital Synthesizer
4- Recollection [to learn where the new information was just placed and to fortify a memory connection towards it]
Bazzralic 1 day ago
@Bazzralic i think it dont think its neuron genesis and i dont think they contain information i think the just tranfer it u know? like signals not like full information maybe if we found out what goes where we could shoot exact problems into someones brain but bottom line we just dont know enough about the brain its to complex
HarrisonJoshMusic 1 day ago
OK... IMAGINE YOUR BRAIN GETTING A BSOD! BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH! WAHAHAHA!
moshpit19 1 day ago
@moshpit19 Nature is too smart for something as stupid as the windows operating system.
redelman43199 1 day ago
He says "the brain doesn't process digital" I hear "adapter required".
Polydynamix 1 day ago
me brane iz windoos vista
StonedOrcs 1 day ago
Have a machine that creates dreams. Program the machine to make dream world have the same mechanics as the real world. Then I'm sure it would work.
uralegend123 1 day ago
0:16 All of a sudden I don't feel like listening to anything else this guy has to say... :(
MathewJoki 2 days ago
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@ RAYNE0912 and shytake: Yes. Teaching the brain to learn more efficiently is the mission.
curtismetro 3 days ago
Not to mention in order to "learn" a physical task, certainly complex sets of movement such as exist in a martial art, requires repetitive motion to establish "muscle memory" or "unconscious-nerve-muscle-correlation/induction". I may not have that quite right, but most of you will the gist.
Realmslover 3 days ago
Unfortunately, Michio Kaku is dead wrong. Why, just this morning, I updated my brain to Windows 8 :D
DalionNeilHeart 3 days ago
@DalionNeilHeart Liar! That would mean you're brain would've died twice by now! ^_^ I think only ten people got that joke...
actracts 1 day ago
Perhaps loading a program into a brain isn't really possible, "or at least practical" but perhaps we could use a VR system in which your brain is tricked into experiencing hours or months in a span of time that is actually seconds, so you get vast experience while only using up a fraction of that apparent time outside the simulation.
RAYNE0912 4 days ago
Right now you are learning Matrix style...
NewGamer101 4 days ago
this kind of videos, is what youtube need to permit not bullshit like other ones that i dont want to mention cuz they dont deserves
christobrower123 4 days ago
but there brings the question....is it possible that computer data can be interpreted into brainwaves or vice versa?
this is like the only way i see to make it possible......i think
theblackfantom14 4 days ago
Very interesting.. the show Chuck has the intersect , and matrix ..well matrix.. i think that this technology is being developed or exist behind government walls
EvolutionXEngine 5 days ago
BUT I WANNA BE A KARATE MASTER NOW!
VisCreed 5 days ago 17
That means, Get again those books, you lazy bastards
spitfirelmd 6 days ago
"The answer is probably not" (close tab)
Bolorinvasore 6 days ago
@Bolorinvasore When Michio Kaku speaks on my computer, I refuse to close the tab or browser, or my computer itself until the video is finished.
rhinnawi95 4 days ago
@rhinnawi95 Good for you man
Bolorinvasore 4 days ago
This guys just jumped to the top of my "people I want to meat" list, this guy is the future.
jackbotman 6 days ago
Are You A robot? Between Matrix reality theorys and reading minds and knowing it all....you might just be on drugs brah.
dontcallmeguido 6 days ago
I don't think you could become a Karate master or anything that requires use of your physical body, since your muscle, joints, reaction times would not have changed. Learning techniques and other "non-physical" attributes would be a possibility, but that would be fairly limited in comparison to the physical realms.
TomiYau 1 week ago
not sure if this was mentioned, but all of the "programming" occurred when they were in the Matrix...or rather, when they were loaded in to the main program. So what is happening is a human designed program is being introduced that "teaches" the avatar the physics of the programmed world, and how to manipulate it according to the skill or skills required or requested. Now being able to plug yourself in to a computer program at some point, that's a different question
muppet253 1 week ago
He's like the Mr.Miyagi of Theoretical Physics.
shaheerhere 1 week ago
Drugs.
cyphi1 1 week ago
i know this is a year later, but they DO now have the ability to essentially record a rat memory, erase the original, and replace it with the recorded memory, all in the same individual rat. See study by scientists at Wake Forest University and the University of Southern California, look for article in Journal of Neural Engineering by Theodore Berger of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering's Department of Biomedical Engineering. Rat B's brain understanding rat A's memory, now... that'll be hard
inkpatch9 1 week ago
does that mean that our brain has not operating system?
tylerbhobbs 1 week ago
drive a helicopter?
will72wein 1 week ago
BUT i want to be a karate master NOW!!!!!
Jayjon81 1 week ago
We'd more need things like working on reflexes, if you noticed when Neo was "learning" he was twitching a lot. His brain was getting taught the reflexes such as you described, not downloaded to his brain.
When he learned the reflexes and muscle movements of said skills, he could recall them just like we can recall anything else.
DaVeganZombie 1 week ago
So can't we simulate all possible mistakes in a few seconds or less and have the brain learn it? It can't learn "Matrix-style", but this might be a valid substitute for that.
bamahacker01 1 week ago
Whenever he says 'don't expect it anytime soon' I know somewhere a whacky scientist is working on it.
Yamayamauchiman 1 week ago 7
It's like trying to run Lynx On Windows...
TheScienceGuy513 1 week ago
@TheScienceGuy513 why would you run a deodrant on Windows?
will72wein 1 week ago
ima become a karate master and teach someone, when they get there black bet i'll make them push a button... *student pushes button* Here is your black belt =P
RomanNumural9 1 week ago
Yeah sure, tell that to the CIA.
BradleyMitch81 1 week ago
Actually, I saw research where they monitored signals in the brain of a rat being trained to do a task, then played those signals back to a different rat to simulate that it was going through the same experience, and it too could complete the task. So no, just dumping information into your brain won't work, but simulating the learning experience at the neural level seems to have promise.
AchronTimeless 1 week ago
Brains learn, computers execute. A short example is when you click on a button in a software interface expecting a predictable action to occur but your computer gives an error. You try clicking again but the computer responds exactly the same, without learning of the mistake and trying to resolve it, because the code implemented doesn't include that error catch exception.
K33p3r99 1 week ago
In previous Big Think episodes Dr. Kaku talks about nano-bots as I'm sure many of us are aware of in some sense. If they become usable in our bodies, why couldn't they effect our brains by causing connections between neural pathways. These pathways could be copied from an actual master, and replicated in a beginner. Imagine how great life would be if you could choose what you want to know about, and then not only know about it, but be a master at it as well.
ItsCuzImDED 1 week ago
@ItsCuzImDED I'm pretty sure that's not how the brain works. There is no, "Helicopter Skills" somehow already in the brain just sitting there, where if only the "connections" were made you would know how to pilot a helicopter.
That's sort of like saying, "We can take a blueprint of this car, download it into these blocks of metal, and it'll form itself into a car."
ThaMahstah 1 week ago
@ThaMahstah That's not what I said at all. I said copy the neural connections from someone that already has the skills, and use nanobots to reconstruct the same structures in a novices brain. I know there's not secret information already in our brains. I'm saying copy and paste. But this would all require a complete understanding of what the entire brain does exactly, and nanobots. That's far-flung future, but I guess I see how you got that from what I said.
ItsCuzImDED 1 week ago
I have an idea of hypnoze learning were we see a very VERY complecated patern on screen, that makes our good at something. Anyone with my?
ericavej 1 week ago
Dr. Kaku, I have to disagree, who's to say that you're uploading a program? Could it not be that instead of doing that, it instead creates all the neural pathways that are included in knowing the skill proficiently? Because that's what happens as you repeat something, more neural pathways become associated with it. Sounds plausible to me.
burninmunkeys 1 week ago
Agree 100% , this is the same thought it came to my mind that brain needs time to learn new things
chanu07888 1 week ago
We must create a computer that learns!
Inadvertens 2 weeks ago
@Inadvertens And let the Terminator scenario happen? No thank you...
GaaaDing 1 week ago
Jimi page makes some excellent points.
sowhat123 2 weeks ago
So they are 2 OS and they cant talk to each other?
Format my brain to exFat then :D
viper19861986 2 weeks ago
I thought he was going to talk about the blue pill
lucaselviserickson 2 weeks ago
this guy is so cool
stagesix6 2 weeks ago
It would suck if your brain ran on Windows.
ZeAntiNooob 2 weeks ago 2
@ZeAntiNooob Mac Fag?
Zexion98 2 weeks ago
@ZeAntiNooob but it would suck worse if it were a mac
ZekranvaGodOfDarknes 2 weeks ago
Find a way to transfer memories across people, or get memories into a physical copy you can transfer onto someone else. If you have all the memories of a helicopter pilot or a karate champion, then technically you should be able to do what they can.
evidesmc 2 weeks ago
@evidesmc Karate or really any athletic endeavour doesn't work that way. You're programming muscle memory, not the one in your head. That's why athletes do a lot of repetition.
FireProMMA 2 weeks ago
@FireProMMA Karate is mainly technique, but for athleticism I spose you're right.
evidesmc 1 week ago
I think the Matrix got the idea from the movie " Lawnmower Man ". Just think of the quality of life you could lead in a 75 year span with that much knowledge coming to you in a blink of an eye !!!!
1misanthropist 2 weeks ago
So what if, instead of doing it "Matrix-style", you design the program to teach your brain in a way the brain can be taught? We already know how to do that...we just need to figure out how to accelerate the process.
dayati 2 weeks ago 68
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@dayati, "in a way the brain can be taught" -that's what he means by first reverse engineering the brain. We don't know how it can be taught _directly_ until we do that.
TedRobotBuilder 1 week ago
@dayati You mean like getting a good teacher?
Roleren 1 week ago
@Roleren I don't mean anything in particular. We need to study the brain further to find out.
dayati 1 week ago
@dayati id think we'd still need to reverse engineer the brain to know which neurons to fire since everyone doesnt really have the same set of neurons in a brain. that is probably based on genetics and what you've learned all this time. we'd have to know the pattern of which can be fired to teach karate, so, the teaching process is unique to everyone, that is, if we even know how to do it right now..
shytake 5 days ago
well what if this program takes months to run, then the person becomes a fatass and cant use this new information?
Ilikepiemonkeys97 2 weeks ago
THE LEGEND!!!
sergioviana84 2 weeks ago
i think yes its only a matter of time. Everything is in a matter of time. so never say can do somthing? but when can I do this? I think even in time we will be "gods" to another beings. I belive we are playing with "gods" tools and once we have a good understanding of the tools the I can try and be a carpenter like our "gods/father" and will build and spread knowledge. :)
cresong97531 2 weeks ago
@cresong97531 You are the only person I've met who agrees with me. If you take people from 2000+ years ago they would call us gods because we can fly, "enter heaven" (go into space), explain the human soul (the brain), we can create spiritual experiences (drugs), etc. I believe science and god are going to combine at some point in time (I.E. book Angels and Demons)
Ilikepiemonkeys97 2 weeks ago
@Ilikepiemonkeys97 I think you'll also call them ingenious given how they were able to survive in harsh environments. Try jogging 10 km & still have to fight a battle without the comforts of home. Keep in mind there was no morphine those days.
Sunky4u 2 weeks ago
Wikipedia on the other hand gets smarter all the time.
mrvincequan 2 weeks ago
11 people's laptops are smarter than they are.
WebVManReturns 2 weeks ago
Drive a Helicopter ?
jimmirasknielsen 2 weeks ago
Me likey this guy.
growingneeds 2 weeks ago 94
@growingneeds me likey too!
theophilis 2 weeks ago
... Drive a helicopter? Okay >.<
teh1owner 2 weeks ago
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Drive a helicopter? You mean fly a helicopter. I thought you were a physicist you dumb fuck.
JBroMCMXCI 2 weeks ago
@JBroMCMXCI its just a grammer mistake, give the guy a break!!
madappatt 2 weeks ago
@JBroMCMXCI O.o want perfection much?
Cr4pSnip3r 2 weeks ago
@JBroMCMXCI Dumb Fuck, what does that actually mean if you where to use the "real" meaning of those two words, Dumb = Mute, Fuck = Sex, So your calling him a "Mute Sex"? I do not see what Mute Sex has to do with flying. I think you need a lesson in language and a bar of soap shoved down your throat.
J3TPILOT1991 2 weeks ago
@J3TPILOT1991 If I were to use the 'real' meaning. I was using slang definition. I think you need to go outside and socialise more.
JBroMCMXCI 2 weeks ago
@JBroMCMXCI I socialise plenty, I just like to be respectful because others respect me back for it. By the way if you were to use the slang meaning it would come out like this, Dumb = Stupid, Fuck = Sex. So in turn you are calling him a Stupid Sex? Reality check mate, it's not rocket science.
J3TPILOT1991 2 weeks ago
@J3TPILOT1991 When used as a noun, 'fuck' means a person, especially one who is annoying or contemptible. Thanks for playing.
JBroMCMXCI 2 weeks ago
@JBroMCMXCI Where do you get your information from, the back of a misprinted cereal box or did your parents tell you that so you didn't know what the real meaning of it was. Really kid, your just making a fool of yourself. Have some dignity and accept that you are not a dictionary or a respectable person. I had a great time playing and hope to win again some other time. In the meantime I'll just ignore your stupidity.
J3TPILOT1991 2 weeks ago
@0:45 Stereotypical Japanese Suicide.
Rdtackle82 2 weeks ago
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Ha I bet there will be digital signal to neuron converters! in 2556 built with HMTL 6!
webDes33 2 weeks ago
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webDes33 2 weeks ago
Laptops are stupid. Good thing I use a desktop.
FF8 2 weeks ago
@FF8 bro, dat was fucking funny
mafr0o 2 weeks ago
how can it be that there some as intelligent as Kaku... while so much ignorance prevails in this world?
DODPHOTOGRAPHY 3 weeks ago
Im gonna learn to drive a hellicopter.
cwynn44 3 weeks ago
I think with the proper drivers it'd work ;)
abaddon1112 3 weeks ago
is this his opinion or did he read a script?
lookkool3 3 weeks ago
@lookkool3 Even if it was a script, what difference would it make? It's still his opinion.
NormacHC 2 weeks ago
What if i teach my brain a computerlanguage?
khosrow 3 weeks ago
But, can it be done if we put an artificial intelligence on the laptop?
DesertFoxKG 3 weeks ago
I disagree with this video simply because NANO tech is developing and if/when it is implemented into our bodys we could rewrite the paths that our brains use called "impulses" these impulses being rewritten as a live rendering effect are able to be manipulated through the changing of electrons in our brains....therefor we can simply learn whatever we want as he puts it "in the push of a button" or as I would put it....in the UI search engine that will be developed after implanting nanos in us
TheNewUtopiaOrder 3 weeks ago
@TheNewUtopiaOrder further more nano technology could be implemented as a "fountain of youth" all we have to do is define the ailments of "age" and then reverse it and bingo we have a fountain of youth!
TheNewUtopiaOrder 3 weeks ago
@TheNewUtopiaOrder aging happens because every cell in us has a small defect, as as that cell divides the second cell to come out of it carries that defect like a copier at home, but like every copy it never comes out perfectly the same, another defect comes up, over time the cells end up with more and more defects, until all are cells have to many defects to work and we die with are weakened bodies
rickson50 2 weeks ago
@rickson50 that dont mean that nano shit cant correct the problem yo trust me agelessness is coming between physics and chemistry i gaurentee its gonna happen
TheNewUtopiaOrder 2 weeks ago
Sorry but my laptop has his own life, he is dating my desktop and stuff
Lingsais121 3 weeks ago
I pushed the play button and became a karate master.
Yerizzo 4 weeks ago
good way to shut their shit down! Only matrix that works like the movie is the Pussy Matrix! $800& knows about that... get down...
EightHundredBills 4 weeks ago
yea but i have an apple?
laxmannate07 4 weeks ago
Akashic download. . .. ... ..... ........anyone?
monadamus9 4 weeks ago
To learn Karate in its truest sense can be done with no amount of technology
PnutButter1986 1 month ago
i have to watch these videos again when im next stoned
KoolioBoiz 1 month ago
i like the stargate take on memory interface, your given the information through an insanely rapid sequence of lights/images and while that is happening certain parts of your brain are made more active
masterbenjamin 1 month ago
Two Words. Muscle Memory.
ksungjin10 1 month ago
If people will have that ability,expect the side affect to happen-people will inject religion,world views and loyalty.
That means that the Indoctrination will become a technological capability of vast options,in a way forming a machine that directly does that.
There is a TV show called "The Doll House" that shows what such things can do.
Remember-In this world constant change and motion is a common thing,if you invent something you find useful,expect that something to change it's initial idea.
Wharwulif 1 month ago
I beg to differ Dr. Kaku, there are days my brain feel like it's BSoD'd
BoYcLuE 1 month ago 58
Man I can't wait till many decades from now... apparently a lot of shits gonna go down.
Nigomsa 1 month ago
My laptop is offended.
ixdnL 1 month ago 221
Watching this Big Think series is blowing my mind
meantism 1 month ago
I think anything is possible in the future, let's say....in the next 1000 years they could have the technology they would need to do something like this. But we won't see anything like this in our lifetime...
RiotAnthem 1 month ago
@RiotAnthem Or we will be back to the stone age-which by what we see today-is a very logical conclusion of humans path.
Wharwulif 1 month ago
we need to work with DNA in terms of memory, you think animals around the world do the same exact stuff cuz they learned it in school? No, alot of their knowledge is hardwired into them at birth..
joshdaugherty1111 1 month ago
What if you could render a training program that you could learn from at a very high speed?
Colethecon 1 month ago
the only way you could do this, is by transfering the experiences or maybe even the soul of someone who is knowledgeable ...just like in Skyrim :))
kamikazeOS 1 month ago
After the singularity would begin the process of merging with machines (supposedly 2045) after successful integration between man and machine, we could easily learn this way, close your eyes, access the web, pick a file, download it and bam..
MrDaemonic666 1 month ago
But actually in The Matrix all skills that characters have learnt were to use in the matrix which was in computer not for the real body in real world anyway. So even in the matrix human can't learn by injected the program directly to the brain.
utcclrules 1 month ago
again. everything going to take many decades..
another word for IDK
GoodyearBandit 1 month ago
just practice three hours a day for ten years, and you will master any fighting style you like :D
robertgaudlitz 1 month ago
Are you fucking kidding me.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME. not a computer. not digital. BECAUSE it learns?
This guy has no place in our future, too-bad he has a nice voice.
LukeSchoen 1 month ago
@LukeSchoen ??
sangeeths88 1 month ago
@sangeeths88 The brain is a computer; and it most certainly is digital.
The ability to learn has noting todo with either; however computer can also learn.
I just get mad because hes filling kids heads with backward bullshit, and he does it sooo casually.
LukeSchoen 1 month ago
@LukeSchoen The brain does not store digital data, at least in the way most people define it. We don't store data in bytes, nor do we "think" in algorithms. We CAN make organic methods of storing digital data (with bacteria for instance), but that's not how our brains work. I'm not in neuroscience so I can't comment on specifics but I know enough about how computers work to realize that while we sometimes use ourselves as analogues to them (ie brain=processor) we are not actually PCs
Birdboy07 1 month ago
Some info. The brain is analog. Neurons in the brain store small amounts of information and are connected by synapses. Think of synapses as roads. Everytime something seems to be true, a new road is added between neurons. Think of the electrical signals travelling between neurons as cars. The more roads there are, the more cars travel to it.
Eg. Neuron A = red. Neuron B = apple. Everytime you see a red apple, a new road is added and its easier to think of red when you see an apple
RealBrutalTruth 1 month ago
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@LukeSchoen he is one of the top minds of the world...what are you talking about?...you need to understand this video..
blackford247 1 month ago
I live on Brazil, and here the things related to the free knowledge and science are even worse then they are on the rest of the American Continent, I think. At least for the "big population", if you know what I mean... its like all arround the world. Well, I've sixteen years and I've learned english without any lesson on school...and I love science. Concluding, I think that people who make the difference.. like the people who watch these videos, are realy the little part of population :/
darkideluck 1 month ago
@darkideluck and hopefully after the singularity, we're the only ones, merging man and machine would be beneficial for either side, I believe a genius level machine AI would want to trim the big population before it allowed merging though.
MrDaemonic666 1 month ago
NLP
TheBudhistpunk 1 month ago
there is a robot that learns about objects how they look, feel, weigh and their name
BitchBeTrollinHard 1 month ago
i know kung fu -_-
SunnyShawFilms 1 month ago
Well, even if you were to gain that information directly into your brain.
You would still lack the motor skills to actually do it.
Its like reading about how to paint and actually gaining the skill to paint from learning.
Unless you somehow would be able to add this information that your muscles need to coordinate your movement as well
I actually do think that it will be possible to gain knowledge at an increased pace someday, but the skills to use that would still need to be mastered "manually"
DragonGuard1337 1 month ago
@DragonGuard1337 There is no reason that motor skills couldn't be programmed too. Its all in the brain.
mouthpiece200 1 month ago
I love how he gives such nice reason, then BAM... "decades away", he said....
sharingun7 1 month ago
@scruffyvoice wat?
nahuelfantino 1 month ago
Translating information from our brain into digital data is much easier than the other way around. To transfer knowledge or data to your brain directly, we'll need to know which neurons are actually involved in which particular task and due to the large variations in the human brain, it's virtually impossible to accurately map which neurons to target when transferring data to our head. Assuming that we have already created an interface -_-
hardc0r3gam3r 1 month ago
Scientists already have inserted memories to insects' brains.
luuzeri 1 month ago
well youre a ray of light arent ya...
Steadno 1 month ago
the hell you say. haha
paulwilliambowling 1 month ago
0:44 Oh no please don't do it. You have such a wonderlife ahead of you....
ghosthusler 1 month ago
Hes so down to earth and he makes these difficult topics so accesible...
Simply Brilliant.
calvinkwman1 1 month ago
He contradicts himself here: watch?v=LTPAQIvJ_1M
nahuelfantino 1 month ago
yes our learning new things involves formation of new neural circuits which actually takes time, learning anything using tricks is actually involves flowing signals through pre-formed circuits but in different way to get desired result. So learning the way it was showed in Matrix doesn't seem possible.
BUT I do agree with the concept of the movie about creating a virtual world or a common platform where we can actually play with our brain and I think it would be great generation of Gaming World
pravp91 1 month ago
normally he makes my wild hopes and dreams seam closer than i thought but i just died a little after this video
bigcountry1903 1 month ago
Two words...bionic eyes....
Evegoden 1 month ago
What do you mean brains have no programming? Recent research suggests that the basics of language are instinctively understood, based off students at a deaf-only school in Africa, lacking instructors in sign language, being able to easily come up with their own language. If this is true than many other processes could function like this without us able to detect it. More research is needed, but thats some food for thought.
subconcious412 1 month ago
hmm but carn`t we connect one brain to another.and no the same nolige.?
TheTilemaster123999 1 month ago
Besides, karate would be a bad example as it also involves a good deal of physical conditioning in addition to training the brain. Muscles needing to become more stronger and more limber, etc.
bobpeters61 1 month ago
one of the reasons for the greatness of our brain-"..it has no Windows.." XD
MrAniketShedge 1 month ago
In a sense, it is possible, but the problem is that in order to learn something in seconds, we would need to know how to rewrite memories or code new ones inside the cell it self. We would need to write the right frequencies inside the block of memories and that means rewriting millions or even billions of neurons to actually incept a teaching artificially. In theory, it's possible, but highly unpractical with today technology
Justas923 1 month ago