Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for attending this seminar. I am Alexis Leskinen of the Victor Chondria University of Neuroscience Laboratory. I specialize in branching operating systems and artificial intelligence.
(Maho also says her name, so, I assume that she’s introducing herself here)
Now, without further ado, I’d like to introduce some of our cutting-edge research. I know today’s thing is a revolution in artificial intelligence, but I think you’ll find this research will exceed your wildest expectations.
This terminal here is connected to one of the supercomputers ??? (currently online?)
Sorry, this is all still in development. We haven’t had time to develop much of a U.I. (user interface) yet. Honestly, I’m a little embarrassed by all this computer ??? (theater/theory?). I almost feel like…like a kid.
Any geniuses out there? I imagine you know how I feel.
(audience laughs)
Anyway, while this finishes booting up, I’ll give you a quick overview of our system.
(Title Card, Okabe reacts)
We’ve actually been featured in selection of literature, so some of you may already be familiar with the project. It was proposed by a very talented Japanese member of our team.
(Maho reacts)
Human memories are stored in the cerebral cortex ??? in the temporal lobe, a little like fresh memories. The part of the temporal lobe that controls the writing and reading of memories is the parahippocampal gyrus. The brain works by transmitting electrical signals between cells called neurons. What we call memories are just those electrical signals being controlled by the parahippocampal gyrus. In other words, electrical signals passing through the parahippocampal gyrus is a fresh memory. That was the foundation for us and Mah-kiss…and, excuse me, I mean, Ms. Makise, one of our research assistants.
You see here, electrical signals signal patterns in the cerebral cortex.
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Ms. Makise focused on the patterns entering and exiting the parahippocampal gyrus. By analyzing those patterns, she was able to get the data on which memories in the cerebral cortex the corresponded to. This data allows us to take the terminal memory ??? (schema?) and project them to orchestrate conditions of the ??? neocortex, which is the basis of this film.
Ms. Makise published her research in several journals. And now, based on her theory, our team has developed a system for storing human memories as digital data. In other words, this system allows human memories to be stored and exist on computers. At present, we are attempting to apply this ???() two major projects. In the first case, medical treatment. For this application, we’ve been coworking with the Physiological ??? Institute.
By processing data from the computer through the parahippocampal gyrus, we can rewrite memories in the original brain.
(Someone else shouts “Incredible!”)
You don’t believe it? I know how you feel. I’d have been thinking the same thing if I were you. But let me just ask you, can you imagine the incredible application of this technology? We could treat memory loss in the elderly or Alzheimer’s ??? (causes?) that currently have no treatment. Anyone’s memories could be backed up as digital data. Even if a memory is lost every time, it’s possible to access a PC and reinstall data in the brain. We could halt the progress of senility and dementia. This is some of the things we believe this research shall accomplish. Eventually, it would be possible to ??? and continuously access data stored on a computer in the parahippocampal gyrus. So if the brain were to lose ??? functionality, say, your brain were to ???. This system will essentially back up the ??? on whatever part of the brain was running. Think of it as an external hard drive.
I’m seeing some of you have questions before we move to our second project. I’ll answer as many as I can. Go ahead.