IBM Seeks to Build the Computer of the Future Based on Insights from the Brain

In an unprecedented undertaking, IBM Research and five leading universities are partnering to create computing systems that are expected to simulate and emulate the brains abilities for sensation, perception, action, interaction and cognition while rivaling its low power consumption and compact size.

Science has come a long way in understanding the bodys central nervous system, but the way our brains work - the fact that we recognize patterns and base our thoughts and ideas on past experiences, for example - remains largely a mystery. Understanding the process behind these effortless feats of the human brain and creating a computational theory based on it is one of the biggest and most fundamental challenges for computer scientists today, and IBM researchers are one step closer to making this quest a reality.

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[bellend181818]

he says emotion twice.

[couga8888]

Our lifetime ?

I'm 95 years old.

[J2897Tutorials]

@couga8888 Are you still alive? Then Google "Cognitive Computer". ;)

[71GA]

Oh jeah, how can you reverse ingeneer brain if you dont have a clue how it works?

[wgarrito]

Incrívelll! :D IBM Sempre impressionando! ;) eu quero ter um computador desses, será se vai dar tempo ou só meus netos? Rss

[TrickyEmu]

They want to fucking read our minds so that they can predict how humans react to certain sensations. They will sell the information for billions to big brand companies and the government to successfully manipulate us.

[OrlyDudeGuy]

Either things can go the way as it is in the Terminator films or in The Matrix films haha.... that's kinda scary... but at the same time, this is a pretty cool and neat step beyond.

[danielking104]

Computing... the only way to save the human race is to eliminate all humans,release all Nukes :D

[jurisnake8]

@QuintusSecundus If it doesn't make a difference then there can a computer and a life-algorithm exist that is able to get self-aware just by controlling "biological hardware", neurons etc...Interesting stuff but life will remain a mystery. But it seems the main problem in future will be how to deal with parallel processing, more a software-engineering one.

[QuintusSecundus]

@jurisnake8

In the end if you look at individual neurons in the brain it's not that different. Whether these processes are carried out by biological neurons or by silicon processors/circuits emulating their information processing behavior shouldn't make a difference.

[hogendorn]

beep here is the terminator calling beep