Kwabena Boahen is using the human brain as the blueprint for designing radically more powerful and energy-efficient computers. In this short demo, Boahen describes how his Brains in Silicon lab at Stanford University has created computer chips with “synapses” and “neurons” — and how these chips might revolutionize computing. Brains in Silicon lab: www.stanford.edu Stanford University: www.stanford.edu Stanford University Channel on youtube: www.youtube.com
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This is such a game changer! I’m so excited! For me this is like discovering “fire”.
it would have to be a miraculous change from this to be worthy of watching. so I’m not going to
There is a better presentation on the subject from him on “archive . org” (remove the spaces between characters).
Search for “Kwabena Boahen”
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Yep! The neural net processors have a specific application: A.I.
I.e. to drive a T800 series Hunter/Killer. ;)
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.
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.
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.
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
you have no idea what it is : )
im not a scientist, but i suggest first civilizing then start messing with the brain.
How can so many people get this concept wrong? It’s about modeling the brain….not putting anything into it.
This is reverse-engineering the brain, not sticking chips into living brains.
Don’t let them have access to your mind!!!!
…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!
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‘The Brain Chip – A Prison For Your Mind” This is a MUST SEE!!!!
WAKE UP!!!!!!
Absolutely AMAZING! That’s what I call research!
DONT TAKE THE CHIP> ITZ DEMONIC
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?
Brain chip – CHECK MY SITE.
CHECK>>>>’The Brain Chip – A Prison For Your Mind’….scarey stuff!!!!
The vid. I have just posted shows the beginning of telepathy..also gives another look at what they call..’multiple personalities’!!
DO NOT TAKE THE CHIP!!!
For those of you out there that KNOW..it is not unlike the ‘tracking devices’ being removed from abductees. They speak of mind control..memory tampering..involuntary physcial paralisis..ect…A LETHAL WEAPON!!
DON’T GIVE YOUR MIND TO ANYONE!!!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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