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Steve Chen Making China's Supercomputer Grid
nanotrends writes "Steve Chen was the principal designer of the Cray X-MP supercomputer. He recently created multi-teraflop blade based supercomputers for a Chinese company. He is now creating a supercomputer grid across China and he is working on a bio-supercomputer extension to
human brains called THIRD-BRAIN. The THIRD-BRAIN project has significant 3 year and 5 year targets."
>He is now creating a supercomputer grid across China
Can you see it from space?
It isn't. From the article, the guy right now has nothing and plans to implement what the entire AI field has been trying to do for years and years. He doesn't mention any new or innovative techinques he is applying to the problem -- only a boatload of unfounded confidence.
Big apple, new Yorik, undig it, something's unrotting in Edenmark.
Different guys.
Put yourself together. Chinese people are not eating you, not without you cooked in our way.(see Chinese Food).
.5 billion of our folks to your neighborhood, to make the human resource, the human right, and the population, of both countries, even. this could be an idea to ease your nerve.
Seriously a diesel submaine can do nothing to endanger a carrier fleet, if not making itself a firework. and remember, american's claws has alreay been on our door in Taiwan Strait, in East sea, in Japan, in South Korea and everywhere asian. Back few years ago, it's an american spy plane which literally hit down a Chinese fight jet just few koilmeters away from China's coast. it's you, americans always want to war with someone, not Chinese.
Talking about human life, yes, human resource is inexpensive here in contrast to other part of the planet. it's just because of the number we got,it's not about the value we hold towards the human life. honestly if any possible, i hope we can move
China, in fact, is very fragile.
and he is working on a bio-supercomputer extension to human brains called THIRD-BRAIN. The THIRD-BRAIN project has significant 3 year and 5 year targets.
Why call it Third Brain? I'm not terribly familiar with Anatomy, but I thought humans only had one brain. (Well, unless you're a guy. Then you've got an extra one in your pants that does most of the thinking)
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Strange... Call me crazy, but this reeks of Cyber-brains from Ghost in the Shell. XP
If you were offended by anything I said... No, I'm not sorry. Please lighten up.
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"He is now creating a supercomputer grid across China and he is working on a bio-supercomputer extension to human brains called THIRD-BRAIN"
Why did you jump from 1st brain to 3rd brain? WHERE IS THE 2nd BRAIN?
someone stole the 2nd brain! call 9-1-1!
.. so that he can run Vista
How come that China is a threat to anyone in this planet?
Have the nuked anyone?
Have they attacked defenseless poor countries?
Have they messed up other countries causing civil wars?
Dammit, as soon as I run out of mod points.
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I personally had no idea that a lot of the stuff mentioned there was still going on inside China. I mean, torture, concentration camps? WTF?
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I'm surprised that nobody's asked about why there's no mention of a SECOND BRAIN? Has china already developed that one? Or are they just skipping a brain?
It's pure hubris. Even if he does make some AI breakthrough (unlikely), he may find that his shiny new grid is not suited to its implementation. It may not clique well. He has a system (a grid) and is trying to apply it to a known problem (AI). It's a lofty and noble goal, but it isn't the best way to solve a problem. Usually, it's a good idea to have your algorithms and systems though out (or at least an idea of what they are) before starting implementation.
Fortunately for him though, he has a nice preexisting model that he can copy the structure of. Our brains are distributed, and are cliqued (from my understanding). So building a grid and trying to apply it to AI is not a terrible idea.
At least the Chinese will have a nice super-grid to do weapons research on in the mean time.
``only a boatload of unfounded confidence.''
Well, isn't that what made America so great?
Please correct me if I got my facts wrong.
This is in no small part due to government agricultural subsidies, but the fact that these subsidies continue despite the fact that they actively undermine our health has to say something about the power our government grants business.
Meanwhile, the wages of the poorest 40% of Americans have hardly budged since the 1970s, while the richest 1% of Americans now own about half the wealth in this country. Is that the sort of economy anyone would plan, or anyone would ask for? Besides the aforementioned 1%, I mean.
In a way, we have the worst sort of mix of private and public: a government which allows business to write its rules. Capitalism is no more a panacea than communism. Global capitalism isn't all prosperity and health and flat-screen TVs; it also brings wage arbitrage, huge wealth inequalities, unsustainable overconsumption, sweatshop labor, and a host of other problems. In your rush to defend the good aspects of the free market, you shouldn't ignore its pitfalls and limitations.
You want the truthiness? You can't handle the truthiness!
wtf? for the last time, America = Liberalism. drop your guns or die! why cant anyone understand that?! If all the armies in the world would accept this do you think there would be any more war? no because the age of cannibalism is OVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER
Intelligence, genius and foresight are not a boon to a person, but are a terrible curse.
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Consider yourself lucky to never have been afflicted with such a horrible condition
What?