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Neuroscientists At MIT Developing DNI
coolphysco1010 wrote to discuss the possible development of a direct neural interface, ala 'The Matrix', that could eventually allow for instant object recognition. From the article: "Now, neuroscientists in the McGovern Institute at MIT have been able to decipher a part of the code involved in recognizing visual objects. Practically speaking, computer algorithms used in artificial vision systems might benefit from mimicking these newly uncovered codes ... In a fraction of a second, visual input about an object runs from the retina through increasingly higher levels of the visual stream, continuously reformatting the information until it reaches the highest purely visual level, the inferotemporal (IT) cortex. The IT cortex identifies and categorizes the object and sends that information to other brain regions."
Ironicly, at almost 6am, a friend and i were sitting here watching tomb raider, while smoking crippy. The discussion went as follows:
[crippyfriend] lets watch tomb raider on showtime. Angelina Jolie is hot
[me] yeah she is hot lets look at her titties through google
[crippyfriend] dude, is she hot enough that you would eat her snatch right after brad pitt nutted in it?
[me] no
[crippyfriend] yeah you would..
[me] would i be entitled to half her money after i did that?
[crippyfriend] no but you wouldn't be able to eat her snatch otherwise.
[me] I still wouldn't do it. that's sick. no CLAAAAAM CHOOOOWDAAAAAA for me
[crippyfriend] how about Jennifer Anderson?
[me] lets see if we can find her titties online too
[crippyfriend] brad pitt is a lucky fucker, he dumped Anderson for Jolie. I wish I was presented with choices like that in life.
[me] yeah that would be a tuff decision.
[crippyfriend] that lucky bastard
[me] maybe in 20 years there will be a VR type of deal where that very senario could come to fruition.
[crippyfrien] oh yeah?
[me] let me check slashdot..
While you're at it, learn the difference between their and they're.