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As i am a heavy manga addict i see a bunch of things that make me wonder and want to know if they are possible.


One of the manga i read posed an interesting idea, not only we play the video games we know and love but we do it while we sleep. I was wondering is this possible because we would need little software if we could get the brain to be the computer and it could be all in 3d. would it be at all possible to have it done?

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Caden:

Wow, really interesting question.

The answer to your question for now is 'No' because we have yet to create a computer that is true 'artificial life' hence has a brain.
We (humans) are very complex computers especially the connections to our brains.  I think it will be several years down the road before any is completed in Artificial Intelligence ( AI) arena to the degree you are looking at.

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Jeff

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