I've thought about this for a while and I think I have a simpler explanation for "old brain" "new brain" motivations in the way Hawkins puts them. Based on the fact that we can simulate people (e.g. dream characters, tulpa and hallucinations), the map/world model that Hawkins describes has the ability to also represent people and their behaviors. More specifically it seems to simulate identities or personalities. If we can simulate/represent many different people in our own one brain, then clearly the thing we are simulating doesn't have the complexity of a whole brain. In other words, identities are far simpler than the brains they inhabit. If you think back to interacting... (read more)
I've thought about this for a while and I think I have a simpler explanation for "old brain" "new brain" motivations in the way Hawkins puts them. Based on the fact that we can simulate people (e.g. dream characters, tulpa and hallucinations), the map/world model that Hawkins describes has the ability to also represent people and their behaviors. More specifically it seems to simulate identities or personalities. If we can simulate/represent many different people in our own one brain, then clearly the thing we are simulating doesn't have the complexity of a whole brain. In other words, identities are far simpler than the brains they inhabit. If you think back to interacting... (read more)