““Simulated cat Brain” of IBM/DARPA called a “hoax” by scientist
Posted: 24 November 2009 03:31 AM   [ Ignore ]
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Posted: 24 November 2009 06:49 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]
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You know, I’d been thinking that it wasn’t all it seemed. I was figuring that they had just modelled a cat brain at a high level of detail, and the press had simply got it into their head that meant it was thinking at that level..

Given that our best computers can *barely* emulate a fly’s brain, on a good day, I’d be damn surprised when they emulate something with a backbone.

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Posted: 24 November 2009 09:09 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]
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I can’t wait for the version of the IBM laptop with the “Cat’s Brain Intel Processor”. It will go chasing after birds while you read your emails and a session on the spread sheet will have it wetting your desk.

I’ll stick to Macs thank you very much.

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Posted: 24 November 2009 09:47 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]
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Peter - 24 November 2009 02:09 PM

I can’t wait for the version of the IBM laptop with the “Cat’s Brain Intel Processor”. It will go chasing after birds while you read your emails and a session on the spread sheet will have it wetting your desk.

I’ll stick to Macs thank you very much.

I was just about to say: “sounds like you describe Microsoft software there…”  tongue wink

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Posted: 24 November 2009 05:17 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 4 ]
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After reading the article it almost sounds like a couple of kids arguing over whose fort is bigger.

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