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Building Brainlike Computers

Posted by kdawson on from the cortexes-for-all dept.

newtronic clues us to an article in IEEE Spectrum by Jeff Hawkins (founder of Palm Computing), titled Why can't a computer be more like a brain? Hawkins brings us up to date with his latest endeavor, Numenta. He covers progress since his book On Intelligence and gives details on Hierarchical Temporal Memory (HTM), which is a platform for simulating neocortical activity. Programming HTMs is different — you essentially feed them sensory data. Numenta has created a framework and tools, free in a "research release," that allow anyone to build and program HTMs.

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  1. End of civilization by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because it would signal the end of civilization...if computers can look like women (porn), feel like women (Realdolls), and think like women (have a brain, at least in some cases), then all procreation would cease and humans would suffer the same fate as the dinosaurs.

    1. Re:End of civilization by morari · · Score: 4, Funny

      Mystery solved! Dinosaurs went extinct because they developed super-sexy "DinoBots" and thus became disinterested in actual sex...

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    2. Re:End of civilization by Bluesman · · Score: 4, Funny

      Careful . . . I don't think you want your super sexy real doll to think like an actual woman.

      That is, unless you want your old doll to get jealous of the new one and steal half your money and burn your house down.

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  2. Re:this is stupid by cyphercell · · Score: 4, Funny

    Next you'll say that we're incapable of growing ears on rats right?

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  3. How long before... by alberion · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...comps get lazy and start reading /. instead of working?

  4. Off-Topic by oringo · · Score: 3, Funny

    Please take your professional/scientific reviews to real scientific journals. Only bitter/ignorant jokes are acceptable on /.

  5. Re:this is stupid by Bloke+down+the+pub · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm just saying that the human brain is a thing made by god
    In atheist Russia, God is made by the human brain!!!!
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