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IBM Shows Off Brain-Inspired Microchips

Posted by samzenpus on from the works-better-with-coffee dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Researchers at IBM have created microchips inspired by the basic functioning of the human brain. They believe the chips could perform tasks that humans excel at but computers normally don't. So far they have been taught to recognize handwriting, play Pong, and guide a car around a track. The same researchers previously modeled this kind of neurologically inspired computing using supercomputer simulations, and claimed to have simulated the complexity of a cat's cortex — a claim that sparked a firestorm of controversy at the time. The new hardware is designed to run this same software much more efficiently."

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  1. M5, Dr. Daystrom, what have you wrought? by tekrat · · Score: 3, Funny

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ultimate_Computer

    Chips from the brain have been known to attack starships. Watch out Captain Dunsel. It's clear that IBM is using Star Trek as a source of ideas. Gene Roddenberry has predicted the 21st century again...

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  2. Cat brains? by The+Mighty+Buzzard · · Score: 1, Funny

    What, they couldn't think of anything more psychotic?

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    1. Re:Cat brains? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      And they taught it to drive ? My cat is a terrible driver.

  3. The "power" of a cat's brain? by kmdrtako · · Score: 3, Funny

    If it gets out of control, we just need the equivalent of either a laser pointer or catnip to bring it to its knees.