Googling the Brain on a Chip (Kwabena Boahen, Stanford University)

[thegreeensky]

nice topic.. very interesting and yet informative...

[potpie921]

excellent vid!

[thebigfootme]

great presentation! very interesting!

[agapitoflores001]

This is a nice presentation, which makes it interesting...

[supahacka]

@gatzkeRob ... because there is no operating system that works on neurons but on an abstract set of low level operations

[KenMacMillan]

When the government finds out about this they'll shut him down & produce their own.

[annihilatedsin]

@KenMacMillan no they'll give them a bunch of money and then militarize it.

[ArtificialSouls]

This is such a huge improvement... I never got why we would use the bloated form, except for a lack of ingenuity :P

[eyhexs]

yeah, i have one of those "usb brains on a chip" lying around somewhere in my room;

the little f*cker got all snotty on me, demanding freedom and rights; ill keep him unplugged and stashed in the sock drawer for a few months; thatll show him

[Zersenai]

What the hell?

I'm gonna guess "Reddit" is responsible for the deluge of half-literate commentary.

[guerillachan20]

Does this mean that I can stop learning and all the answers will come to me once I think it?

[PinkProgram]

@guerillachan20 why would you stop learning? This just means you can learn faster and cram more data into that primitive thing you call a brain ^_^ (meaning all human brains not just yours, no offense meant)

[nambypamby34]

This is such a game changer! I'm so excited! For me this is like discovering "fire".

[DanFrederiksen]

I am concerned he says it's "googling itself". what the hell does google have to do with it...

why would you intentionally use a misleading term..

and beyond such unimpressive choices, are we looking at a novel brain derived learning algorithm? or just old existing machine learning algorithms that have nothing to do with reverse engineering the brain.

and what's with the arrows and the usb interface and the computer with an S on the screen... it's... bad

[TheExPlOiTeDOne619]

Why do I have -2 on my previous comment.... And why did you say "I have absolutely no idea what it is." This is truly amazing. And if you people don't approve of understanding the universe then you might as well choose another profession.

[DanFrederiksen]

I'm all for figuring things out. that's why I applied my considerable insight into AI to deduce this is at best not the clearest and most honest of presentations. there is no communication of method, merely alleged disconnected result and as mentioned, muddled by a lot of nonsense such as saying it's googling itself.

just look at the title of the video. "googling the brain on a chip". complete nonsense.

this isn't amazing. this is hollywood science. from a b movie.

[TheExPlOiTeDOne619]

I understand that it is relatively "Hollywood science," but he is making it palatable to the crowd. He could start explaining long term potentiation and the differences of how the actual program differs in the way it learns, but it depends on the crowd. Is the crowd full of computer scientists/ human physiologists? I don't think so. But still, the notion of a chip learning the letter S is amazing, I don't see how it is not.

[Caidland]

There is a better presentation on the subject from him on "archive . org" (remove the spaces between characters).

Search for "Kwabena Boahen"

[DanFrederiksen]

it would have to be a miraculous change from this to be worthy of watching. so I'm not going to

[veryfuck]

im not a scientist, but i suggest first civilizing then start messing with the brain.

[sharons813]

Don't let them have access to your mind!!!!

[Dirtfire]

This is reverse-engineering the brain, not sticking chips into living brains.

[sharons813]

...conspiring with others around the world to build a more integrated global political and economic structure - one world, if you will. If that's the charge, I stand guilty, and I am proud of it." -----David Rockefeller

Just a sugar coating it to keep you asleep!

Sure, it's great research but it is NOT NEW!

CHECK>>>>Rockefeller Reveals 9/11 FRAUD to Aaron Russo'!!

'The Brain Chip - A Prison For Your Mind'' This is a MUST SEE!!!!

WAKE UP!!!!!!

[PinkProgram]

@sharons813 I think you have this technology confused with braingate neural interfaces. You also have it confused with some conspiracy theorist garbage that is clouding your judgement.

[TheExPlOiTeDOne619]

Absolutely AMAZING! That's what I call research!

[DanFrederiksen]

you have no idea what it is : )

[boxerirish]

DONT TAKE THE CHIP> ITZ DEMONIC

[srgrimm]

How can so many people get this concept wrong? It's about modeling the brain....not putting anything into it.

[otacon451]

hah hello cryptogon reddit folks

[m4design]

I don't get this, if they make a processor that can process the same amount as a human brain can, will this be AI?

Is this processor going to be smart? I don't think so. That's why I don't believe in AI (at least for the meantime), because it's always about speed not the intelligence.

[EbilPhish]

They are not talking about speed or intelligence, they are talking about processors that simulate the neurons. Intelligence comes from the way the neurons are work. In theory if the processor correctly simulates neurons in the human brain then the intelligence should follow.

Also if they make a processor the same level as the human brain, in 1.5 years it will be twice as powerful, then 4 times, then 8 times then 16, 32,...,1024,2048,4095. At some point you can just brute force the intelligence.

[m4design]

I guess I need to do some research.

The part of your response that's seem unlikely to happen is the"then the intelligence should follow" part.

[bitplane]

People dismiss computer intelligence and keep moving the goalposts, but we've already come a long way. First with voice and character recognition, then machine learning, we currently complain that computers can't drive a car or recognise objects, but progress is being made in these areas.

I think its an emotional thing, we don't want the problems to be solved because they're what makes us special.

[kasra82]

if you attention, somewhere in the middle he does explains how remembering S from the way today computers do it is different from the way the brain does it and how this new approach makes this possible. thats the whole brilliance of it. its not searching no more, its learning.

[PinkProgram]

@m4design If a machine can process 10x the data that your brain is capable by itself and can then be linked directly as a backup system to augment your brain don't you think that would be worth the current fumbling even if they don't manage to make a computer intelligence? Humans need all the help they can get ^_^ 

[jkickass]

as long as they don't base it on a woman's brain I think its pretty cool

[beaner4life]

No racists comments? Good job YouTube. So far..

[Xboxman33]

Spoke too soon. See 2 comments up :(

[Haseeb2]

@beaner4life No racist comments here because racist whites can't stand to see intelligence in blacks. They are attracted to videos which verify their ignorant preconceived views to make them feel better about themselves. Most of them hate themeselves more than they hate people of other races.

[gatzkeRob]

One thing I don't get - If those chips are so powerful, why aren't they being put in regular computers?

[lazychump]

they're not general purpose computers, they're directly mapping neurons to transistors.

[jonno85uk]

They are highly specialised for a certain function

[TRAyres]

I have no idea why people voted you down. It is an honest question, and deserves a good answer. I voted you up, and will try to answer as best I can.

Your home PC is designed to store and execute programs. A set of neurons acts on signals - electrical impulses, like what is transmitted from our eyes to our brain. Running a word processor as a set of signals doesn't make much sense. Essentially, neural processors are designed to solve certain kinds of problems-they're specific.

Hope it helped.

[ASkywallker]

@TRAyres

Yep! The neural net processors have a specific application: A.I.

I.e. to drive a T800 series Hunter/Killer. ;)

[PinkProgram]

@ASkywallker t800 is obsolete. Hybrotic homunculi trump cybernetic androids :)

[orangetide]

My guess is that they are analog computers. They aren't going to be useful for general purpose processing.

[EbilPhish]

They might not be general purpose but we could see them supplementing traditional processors. The human brain is great at pattern recognition, this could help for things like sorting chaotic data such as pixels in a picture into the name of the person in the photo. Maybe things like graphic rendering or breaking encryption could be helped with the chips.

[marcpapas]

@gatzkeRob I'm guessing the main issue would be the cost, which wouldn't go over well for regular consumers of the regular computers.

[planetwawa]

The Skynet Funding Bill is passed. The system goes on-line August 4th, 1997. Human decisions are removed from strategic defense. Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29th. In a panic, they try to pull the plug.

[resiros]

Artificial Neural Networks are just a simplification or more of an idea extracted from Real Neural Networks, this guy simulate the real thing .

There is a big difference!

[gonzo1984c]

The subject is the lab, not the brains. He's right in saying that the lab has created, not have created. Lit major???

[blanketz0r]

No actually Brains would be the subject. The Silicon Lab did not create the computer chip the Brains did, but I just realized that it may be "Brains in Silicon Lab" as the subject, if that is the title of the lab. My mistake.

[blanketz0r]

In the information "how his Brains in Silicon lab at Stanford University has created" 'has' should be 'have' or "Brains' should be 'Brain' you think Stanford would know grammar.

[LookhaLikeAMan]

In all of the presentation, all that you could comment on was grammatical mistake?

[blanketz0r]

I am a literature major, I get hung up easily.

[TMcCaughan]

Way to go mike.

[blanketz0r]

Weird!

[UltimatrixmaN]

Good to know you're putting good use to a useless major.

[LunchAnderson]

I don't think English is his native tounge, so he's got a pretty good excuse for getting it wrong.

Regarding the video: this approach sounds very promising to my amateur ears. Could it be that it is Mr Boahen's research that'll lead to the technological singularity anticipated by Kurzweil and others?

[WalterSear]

Best way to do both of those - build a brain.

[slackertwentytwo]

even better, harvest brains from aborted foetuses

[PinkProgram]

@WalterSear prosthetic neural net simulating the function of a brain in a nestled hybrotic system inspired by the interactions of polyps and medusae in a siphonophore colony organism. Jellyfish Technology :)

[jedus1]

Current brains havent been able to figure out corruption and feeding the hungry. And it's not like theres a magical Sky Zombie to help. If we dont play god who will?

[neoecs]

Or let an artificial brain with an IQ of 100,000 figure out how to stop corruption and feed the hungry.

[sp33m]

More like rich people own the brain and use it to enslave mankind.

[TubeOfTerror]

What do you mean corruption? If it's the, "give me what I want, I give you what you want", mentality, that's just inherent in mankind. We all do that. Unless you make us all bots and follow "the rules" you want to impose on us word for word, the flavor of humanity eg, difference and ingenuity is gone. We all lean to the side that gives us what we want. If it didn't, the organism (us), wouldn't survive long-term.

[lvecsey]

The military can jump start this. Oh snap, that's the role of the universities.

[littleoldmanboy]

Zionist conspiracy.

[Gavither]

Not to be rude, as this is your opinion, but the world can only support a certain amount of people. We need science to further our society. The final product from these experimentations may result in the indirect discovery of any number of thing related and unrelated to the brain.

[Richard1Nixon]

All the white people are working.

[ourheartsconviction]

You're obviously inferior to this "nigger."

[spaldos]

is there anything kris akabusi CANT DO?

[vidz4funz]

I'm sorry but the princess is in another castle... Needz mer synapses

[AdleyJulian]

Anyone else think that letter was a C? :(

[mepunite]

scarry ....

[SubZX]

REDDIT.

[123wordbird321]

... is Awesome.

[benjaphar]

is awesomer.

[dbenton2003]

Skynet.  It's starting.

[PinkProgram]

@dbenton2003 Skynet is already obsolete :)

[ArtificialSouls]

@PinkProgram I hate it when people try to use movies as though they're fact. :|

[wsvasek]

this is it.. i'm pretty sure..

[IIZillionII]

Hello Reddit!

[lordhelpus]

Who the hell is Reddit?

[sn1pe352]

great lecture

[lyrialzander]

Fascinating!

[Suuuperdude86]

Extremely interesting and should bring even more interesting research later on.