OpenWorm – A computational model of C. elegans worm
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Re: OpenWorm – A computational model of C. elegans worm
#2So is this an exact digital replica of a worm?
Re: OpenWorm – A computational model of C. elegans worm
#3So is this an exact digital replica of a worm?
How can we exactly replicate something if we don't even know all the laws of physics?
Re: OpenWorm – A computational model of C. elegans worm
#4Wow it's amazing how much progress was made on this! a full simulation!!!!
Re: OpenWorm – A computational model of C. elegans worm
#5So is this an exact digital replica of a worm?
How can we exactly replicate something if we don't even know all the laws of physics?
clearly depends on needed resolution and our ability to recreate the material structure. you don't have to understand much about wood to build a chair.
Re: OpenWorm – A computational model of C. elegans worm
#6So is this an exact digital replica of a worm?
This is the goal.
> Our main goal is to build the world's first virtual organism - an in-silico implementation of a living creature - for the purpose of achieving an understanding of the events and mechanisms of living cells.
This blog post is interesting: "Whole Brain Emulation: No Progress on C. elegans After 10 Years" https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/mHqQxwKuzZS69CXX5/whole-brai... As other mentioned in the comments of the post, it is certainly also a matter of funding, but still I think it is very interesting how we still struggle to simulate a 302 cell worm, while some people expect an artificial superintelligence in the next ten years.
Re: OpenWorm – A computational model of C. elegans worm
#7Wow it's amazing how much progress was made on this! a full simulation!!!!
Are you shitting on peoples work just for the sake of shitting on it?
edit. this comment seems unpopular, my intent was to defend the worm against trolls :)
Re: OpenWorm – A computational model of C. elegans worm
#8So is this an exact digital replica of a worm?
This is the goal. > Our main goal is to build the world's first virtual organism - an in-silico implementation of a living creature - for the purpose of achieving an understanding of the events and mechanisms of living cells. This blog post is interesting: "Whole Brain Emulation: No Progress on C. elegans After 10 Years" https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/mHqQxwKuzZS69CXX5/whole-brai... As other mentioned in the comment…
Replicating something exactly is a lot harder than making something that does the same thing in a different way. We can build planes that travel far faster than a bird could but that doesn’t mean it’s easy for us to exactly replicate how a bird flies, so I don’t think this says anything about how far away we are from a superintelligence
Re: OpenWorm – A computational model of C. elegans worm
#9As an amateur scientist with an interest in neurodegenerative diseases, I am interested in neurons simulations. As a model with neurons and muscles, Openworm looks very interesting for application in ALS (Lou Gherig's disease).