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Machines That Emulate The Human Brain

Posted by Hemos on from the or-mammal-brains-in-general dept.

prostoalex writes "Discover magazine provides an interesting insight into the future technologies that will emulate the human brain. While artificial intelligence supporters always considered direct emulation of brain functions too complex and preferred the top-down approach, some people are researching the ways human brain processes data. One of the interesting discoveries, mentioned in the article, is ability of the brain to re-architect the links as new information is added."

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  1. Period by peu · · Score: 1, Funny

    Can a male emulation understand female emulation wishes?

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  2. A better idea... by budalite · · Score: 3, Funny

    Geez, surely we can do better! Most of the ones currently in production seem to be defective!!
    (Get me that guy that figured out what was wrong with HAL...)

  3. Oh great! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    First it was the H-1B's taking our jobs, and now artificial brains. I should've been a dancer.