Is an Artificial Brain possible at all ? Are motivation, fear, emotions, instincts, and all other 'special features' we humans possess required and why ? What about the consciousness and subconscious ? Would an Artificial Brain work without the possibility to lie and on what base should stuff like attention and intuition be implemented ? Are neural networks the only answer or are other options preferable ?

Just a small grab of questions for which you will find the answers in this paper. A first fully explained diagram based on this knowledge is included in appendix !

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An artificial Brain is without doubt a topic which evokes a lot of controversy. Is it appropriate to even consider the possibility to have machinery with the same intelligence we humans possess ? What are the benefits and disadvantages ? How about religions and the possibility of the existence of a higher power ? Are these values in contradiction with an Artificial Brain ?

In this section some moral facets of an Artificial Brain are briefly covered.

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Is advanced Artificial Intelligence as threatening for mankind as movies or series like 'AI', 'I Robot' and 'Battle Star Galactica' suggest or is this just a way of scaring people ?

This section is about a number of possible threats for mankind in relation to an Artificial Brain.

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