IBM creates feline brain

A computer with the power of a human brain is not yet near. But this week researchers from IBM Corp. are reporting that they've simulated a cat's cerebral cortex, the thinking part of the brain, using a massive supercomputer. The computer has 147,456 processors (most modern PCs have just one or two processors) and 144 terabytes of main memory - 100,000 times as much as your computer has.
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They should have created a K9 brain, at least it would be guaranteed to be loyal. How long until the computer rejects IBM and wanders off to Sun or Intel?
 
it takes such a huge setup just to do a 100 times slower cat brain....

Done even want to know what type of hardware they would need for the human brain....
 
bwana said:
They should have created a K9 brain, at least it would be guaranteed to be loyal. How long until the computer rejects IBM and wanders off to Sun or Intel?
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lol
 
Th0r said:
Done even want to know what type of hardware they would need for the human brain....
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Assuming he is counted as human, give me ten minutes with a toilet plunger, jar of marmite and a toaster, and I'll have a device that can emulate Malema's brain :D
 
At the speed of tech advancement, in 5 years they will be there (human brain).

This bothers me:
Yet Olds cautioned that simulating the human brain is "such a complex problem that we may not be able to get to an answer, even with supercomputing."
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If he really said that, and was not misquoted, then I lose all respect for him - everything is possible given the time.
 
Moederloos said:
If he really said that, and was not misquoted, then I lose all respect for him - everything is possible given the necessary motivation and time.
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anything is possible but not everything is probable. i'm guessing we won't achieve world peace or an end to hunger any time soon ;)
 
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