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If they were to reverse engineer the human mind, who's mind would you want it to be?

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Hello there, I didn't know whether to post this here or in the NT forum but this question has been bugging me. One of the craziest and audacious scientific ideas I've found floating around the Internet over the years has been a scheme to completely reverse engineer the human brain on to a computer, possible even leading the way to the birth to AI, for good or ill. At the time (2006) they speculated that computer processing power could match that of the human brain by 2020 and that they would be able to essentially completely emulate a human mind on a computer, like a ghost in the machine. But futurism is often like a person who can't ever meet homework assignment deadlines, disappointment sets in and there's less belief in success for when the second deadline comes around. Now they think the date will be 2030 at the earliest at least, I would leave predictions where they will do it by then or not up to Ni users.

This however is mere backstory. My question is more philosophical in my opinion and less about the technological implications of such a feat. If they were to completely replicate every neuron and synapse then perhaps they could emulate "the soul" and every aspect of what made the person, memories as well. If this was achieved, then who's brain would they ultimately emulate? The MBTI is clear that there are numerous potential set ups with each type having their own strengths and weaknesses and I wonder what MBTI type they would make such a mind. I think they should choose Einstein. Don't they have his brain in some shape or form in places all over the world? Not just that but he was quite the scientific juggernaut with a strong moral and even religious conscience as well. However who would you choose?

- Would you choose a scientist, who could lead the way as a software mastermind, but at the possible risk of the "cyber-mind" turning its back on humanity and human values.
- A laid-back philosopher or religious thinker which would probably find itself on the wrong side of the scientists/engineers/contractors who funded and worked on the project.
- Would you choose yourself or a close friend or family member, but at the potential cost of a loss of individuality on your part or their part? (Heck, maybe this is an implication for all the points.)
- Would you just choose a random person (or make up from scratch a random set-up of brain chemistry) but at the potential expense of making a really annoying asshole if not a totally evil douche?
- Would you choose a "super-brain" EISNTFJP type which will represent all of humanity but with the potential risk of thinking it is fundamentally better or superior than its more limited human counterparts?
- Or something else?

What do you guys think? This has been bothering and confusing me for a while now and I doubt my mind would be selected in such a scenario. :happy:
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Scientist. Human values are only valuable to humans and there is no intrinsic reason they should be upheld. Same goes for humans. I think in due time they will be superseded and phased out regardless.

Progress at any cost.
Quentin Tarantino. Not for his talent, but simply because I wonder what goes through his mind 24/7. Could probably be a hit series. lol
I would choose a scientist.
claude debussy ?
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I think I would go with Einstein too. At first I only knew his work, which is quite remarkable all by itself. But lately I have taken an interest in his general thoughts and ideas and I find I like those a lot. Einstein is a great example of someone who can both think and feel.
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I go with Leonardo Da Vinci; we could definitely use a brain like his nowadays.

AI is, as a whole, a very controversial subject, methinks. I'm more inclined to be against building a super-brain, though, as it could have monstrous consequences. Any intelligent being, human or machine, can rebel against the status quo, which is a double-edged sword.

Of course, replicating some of humanity's greatest minds may greatly speed up progress, which I'm all for.
George Lucas-man who created Star Wars and Indiana Jones.....the most brilliant man of our age
Make everybody a philosopher. Yes, I know that, "everybody has their own personal philosophy, blah blah blah" I feel like I'm the only person who ever thinks about anything that's actually important. Having meaningful intellectual conversations with other people on a daily basis is about as close to heaven as it gets for me.
Chewbacca.
Shinji Ikari's, because then I'd know how NOT to make a mind.
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Some ESTP. Like Jack Harkness from Torchwood, for example.
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