Kwabena Boahen: Making a computer that works like the brain

http://www.ted.com Researcher Kwabena Boahen is looking for ways to mimic the brain's supercomputing powers in silicon -- because the messy, redundant processes inside our heads actually make for a small, light, superfast computer.

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[boorens18]

when he referenced "not enough africa in them" he didnt mean literally african work, he was making a metaphor for easy going...fluid, the culture basically

[Anon1696]

He just had to say aks during the presentation...

Smart man though.

[PeopleBreeze]

Information is the access gate to liberty, depending on how it is used it can help save or destroy a life. In this talk Kwabena Boahen is demonstrating the differences between computer chips and the brain pertaining to how they function. peoplebreeze com

[PeopleBreeze]

This is the result we get when we expose Africa to technology, we create people like Kwabena along with others who have the ability to make computer chips behave more like the human mind which can in the future be implemented to save a life. peoplebreeze com

[crudhousefull]

@BeAsTm0aD Very true (just in case you don't check back to see if you got some thumb ups)

[lamuziq]

Neuroscience and Cosmology are both at the consequence of theories; neither have ultimate physical data. You cannot examine a stars core as it turns to iron before supernova. You cannot examine a thought processes forming, ideas being flourished, creativity and emotions being nurtured and engaged. We cannot see the formation of these events, only electric signals and heat signatures of the effects. IE; the map is NOT the territory . The ink / paper is "not" the chicken soup recipe.

[lamuziq]

Meet the forgotten 90 percent of your brain: glial cells, which outnumber your neurons ten to one. And no one really knows what they do. To quote Carl Zimmer. - Yet, we have videos like this implying that we can make a computer that functions like the brain (ie; we understand the brain enough to emulate it) and it's intellectually dishonest.

[lamuziq]

Well at least we aren't teaching our kids science fiction! Oh....Wait. Yes we are. No mention of glia, no mention of map is not the territory, no mention of our inability to have a consensus in neuroscience due to all the dark matter between our ears, et cetera. This is one of those lectures that history will laugh at. In 50 years we'll be looking at early 21st century neuroscience like it was written in crayon by an infant. I salute his effort, but this Ted is a vain exercise for humanity.

[farlincomcom]

@Shadowstray

I think he meant only the processor

[mideastatheist]

""""not enough africa in them""" he meant human revolution........ it is believed that the climate of Africa is the responsible for evolution of human brain and essentially intelligence ...