Indeed. That makes zero sense for a FOSS project, but is entirely consistent with a site compromise. I guess as the TC people are hard to reach it may just take a few days for them to notice, clean up and issue a statement.

I don't think Sabu is capable of this kind of altruism, let alone this type of project.

Indeed, good point. The people desiring "total recall" are those that confuse knowing a lot of data with actually understanding things. There people make great bean-counters, but are unsuitable for anything that requires understanding. Just compare an MBA and an engineer. The difference is striking.

There are two possibilities this fails a) impossibility to build and "make alive" due to effort needed and b) the human mind is more than what current physics can explain.

Most things a smart human can do cannot be automated one bit. The thing is that a) most humans are not really "smart" and b) most jobs do not require the ones doing them to be even a little smart.

You are quite correct. The problem is these people assume that physical reality as known today is complete. That would indicate that humans are mere physical machines. However there is absolutely no indication that physics knows it all and a few rather striking ones that it does not. Examples: Still no GUT, AI research has not even a theory how intelligence could be produced, etc. In the end, the whole argumentation is circular, like so often with the religious mind-set.

But: It is not completely impossible that AI will eventually be possible. However when we look at the only example of intelligence we have, it is possible that said AI will come with consciousness, free-will and and maybe even emotions. There is absolutely no indication these things can be separated and in the only thing that exhibits intelligence, they are not. That is another thing conveniently overlooked by those that confuse their religious beliefs with science.

Atomic level is not precise enough. There are a lot of quantum effects in synapses.

Actually, PC speeds never increased at an exponential rate, and currently we are even sub-linear. What did increase exponentially for a while is the number of transistors in there. The speed up you get is vastly less than linear in the number of transistors and the limiting factor has been interconnect for almost 2 decades now. And that cannot scale exponentially and never did.

You do not know what human intelligence is. You have an interface observation, but you have zero understanding what creates it. You may as well assume mobile telephone is intelligent, because if you type in some numbers it is capable of holding an intelligent conversation.

Actually, physics does not allow us to construct our own galaxy because of fundamental limitations.

Actually, you are wrong. Physics cannot explain life, intelligence, consciousness. You have fallen for a belief called "physicalism" and claim it to be truth when there is no evidence for that. You reasoning is circular, as often with people that confuse "belief" and "fact".

Actually, _all_ credible results from AI research point into the direction that AI may well be impossible in this universe. The only known possible model (automated deduction) is known to not scale at all to anything resembling "intelligence". But that is the problem with you religious types: You place your beliefs always over facts when they are inconvenient.

Actually, we do _not_ know. You assume a physicalist world model. That is a mere assumption and at this time a question of belief. There are other word models where this assumption is wrong. One is classical dualism, there is the simulation model and there are others. And no, I do not classify religions as potentially valid models, they are delusions.

Current state if the art is that writing the "specs" is about as hard or harder than writing the code. And that has been the state for the last 50 years. This is unlikely to change anytime soon and may not ever change.