Artificial brain could be reality in just 10 years

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1201724/Artificial-brain-reality-just-10-years-scientists-claim.html

by nreece • 17 years ago

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jsonscripter• 17 years ago

It's perpetually 10 years away. They've been saying this since the first computers started calculating.

Retric• 17 years ago

At some point it will be 10 years away. I don't think we are there yet, but it's probably closer than you think.

troystribling• 17 years ago

Also, it needs to be taken into consideration that the group making the claim does have a working model of portions of a rat brain.

brfox• 17 years ago

Now we just need a way to map the connections of an existing brain.

tocomment• 17 years ago

I guess they have done this with the portion of the rat brain they are modeling? Can anyone confirm this?

anigbrowl• 17 years ago

Next time, might I suggest linking to TED directly instead of the Daily Fail, which is pretty much guaranteed to distort whatever interesting finding or plan is being reported on.

glymor• 17 years ago

They also spelt his name wrong which seems gratuitous.

My guess is his TED presentation was similar to this one http://seedmagazine.com/designseries/henry-markram.html

It's worth noting that he's attempting to construct physiological simulation (to better understand the biology). His goal isn't to create a AI.

jacquesm• 17 years ago

Well, mr. Makram is on the record now, let's see if he delivers.

From elements of a rat brain to a functioning artificial human brain seems to be quite a step in only 10 years, but who knows. If you don't aim high you'll never hit anything.

sound2man2• 17 years ago

Could be possible if you are talking a 4chan poster's brain.

crystalis• 17 years ago

Turns out you'll do in a pinch.

sound2man2• 17 years ago

Is this the only post you got with positive Karma?

teilo• 17 years ago

I find assertions like this pure hype, and unbecoming of a scientist.

It also belies a cock-sure arrogance that asserts that we already enough enough about how the brain works to accurately model even a very small portion of it.

So, now I will go on record, not being a scientist: In 10 years we will understand the brain to be vastly more complex than we ever imagined, because after attempting to model it, we uncovered a whole lot of stuff that we didn't know about.

And that is also why projects like Makram's are worthwhile.

giardini• 17 years ago

May prove true, but Blue Brain likely won't be involved!8-))

But seriously, I tend to agree with jsonscripter: it's always 10 years away.

- still waiting for my flying car.

Artificial brain could be reality in just 10 years

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