Human Brain Project: $1.61 billion to achieve human brain emulation by 2024
One thing I always think about brain emulation/mind uploading/strong AI research is we need an legal/ethical framework in place before we get there.<p>I still think it's far off, but not everyone does.
If you believe consciousness is a property of running a brain or sufficiently advanced brain model, at what point are you allowed to stop running your model and it's not murder of a sentient? At one point can a model claim rights?<p>Especially as their goal is to use it for drug tests.<p>Also, can you simulate a brain without a body or is say hormones/blood sugar/nervous system not easily separable?