IBM Unveils Chip Simulating Brain Functions

online.wsj.com ^ | Aug. 7, 2014 2:00 p.m. ET | By Don Clark

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

SAN JOSE, Calif.--International Business Machines Corp. is claiming a major advance in emulating the brain in silicon.

The technology company has developed a microchip that simulates functions of neurons, synapses and other features of the brain to perform calculations. IBM says the chip, a sharp break from the fundamental design used in most computers, excels at chores like recognizing patterns and classifying objects while using...

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[ShadowAce]

[DCBryan1]

Hopefully a Republican brain. A democrat brain would be a BSOD.

[basil]

I need a chip to restore my long and short term memory…….

[Lazamataz]

Jesus H Christ. They won't be satisfied until we are replaced as an entire race, by machines.

I am here to tell you, the AntiChrist will be a computer.

[Quality_Not_Quantity]

Thanks for posting the ‘subscribe or log in’ business - I get so very, very tired of clicking links that turn out to be subscription-only sites - and not necessarily at FR.

[zeestephen]

Any chance of getting a chip that simulates a Trust Fund with lots of money in it?

[Quality_Not_Quantity]

Hey, Laz! I like the juxtaposition of ‘Jesus H Christ’ and ‘AntiChrist’ in the same post. :^)

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

More detail at this thread:

IBM Builds A Scalable Computer Chip Inspired By The Human Brain

[InterceptPoint]

Ray Kurtzweil, Ray Kurtzweil, please report to the front desk in the lobby, Ray Kurtzweil.

[Heartlander]

Computers have made our lives better the same way kudzu has stopped erosion…

[cuban leaf]

I think of a computer that simulates the brain to be the equivalent of an airplane that flies by flapping its wings.

[FourtySeven]

The beginnings of the Matrix?

Or is this the chip from Terminator II?

Anyone seen any naked Austrian muscle men running around?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

See #9 for and excerpt from Forbes with some good detil.

Last I looked at Forbes you could read the article,...but it has been awhile.

[cuban leaf]

http://www.amazon.com/Our-Final-Invention-Artificial-Intelligence/dp/0312622376
Our Final Invention: Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era

A review:
http://www.realcleartechnology.com/articles/2013/12/06/our_final_invention_how_the_human_race_goes_and_gets_itself_killed_816.html

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I am guessing that the Dr. Watson machine may have use a prototype to this chip.

The Forbes article talks about the massive improvement....of something prior.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Thanks,...see updates.

[adorno]

A human brain can be analytical, creative, and innovative, and emotional.

When a computer gets to that point, we will have artificial intelligence. Right now, no computer is even close, and will never get there, since, no hardware and software combination can be emotional. Heck, they’re not even creative or innovative yet, and are pretty far from being so.

[I want the USA back]

A human brain can be analytical, creative, and innovative, and emotional. When a computer gets to that point, we will have artificial intelligence. Right now, no computer is even close, and will never get there, since, no hardware and software combination can be emotional. Heck, they’re not even creative or innovative yet, and are pretty far from being so.
That hits the nail on the head.

[The Cajun]

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