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Building a Silicon Brain

Posted by kdawson on from the million-neuromimes dept.

prostoalex tips us to an article in MIT's Technology Review on a Stanford scientist's plan to replicate the processes inside the human brain with silicon. Quoting: "Kwabena Boahen, a neuroengineer at Stanford University, is planning the most ambitious neuromorphic project to date: creating a silicon model of the cortex. The first-generation design will be composed of a circuit board with 16 chips, each containing a 256-by-256 array of silicon neurons. Groups of neurons can be set to have different electrical properties, mimicking different types of cells in the cortex. Engineers can also program specific connections between the cells to model the architecture in different parts of the cortex."

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  1. obligatory by intthis · · Score: 5, Funny

    that's great, but will it run linux?

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  2. so... by President_Camacho · · Score: 4, Funny

    prostoalex tips us to an article in MIT's Technology Review on a Stanford scientist's plan to replicate the processes inside the human brain with silicon.

    So how long until we get AI that's addicted to World of Warcraft?

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  3. 2^^20 neurons? That's wayyyy too many by Eternal+Vigilance · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...to accurately model most American thought processes.

    Gotta go - American Idol's back on.


    Dave, my mind is going. I can feel it...

  4. Go to Hollywood by syousef · · Score: 3, Funny

    Lots of silion in Hollywood....oh you said BRAINS not BREASTS.

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  5. Re:Hello, world? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    A soul...

  6. Re:Hello, world? by Alsee · · Score: 5, Funny

    void SuckAtNipple();
    void CryForAttention();
    void Shit();

    I think Shit() has a return type...

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