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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.

  2. 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!!!!
    --
    It's true I tell you, feller at work's next door neighbour read it in the paper.