Guest A/D Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/28842.wss#release Quote IBM announced this week that it has a computer system that can simulate the thinking power of a cat's brain with 1 billion neurons and 10 trillion synapses. At just 4.5 percent of a human brain, the computer can sense, perceive, act, interact and process ideas without consuming a lot energy. apologies if jazz! pretty vague, but fascinating read! . . and it's funded by DARPA! yayyyyy Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/50847-ibm-creates-computer-simulation-of-cats-brain/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blir Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 That's not difficult. I could program that with Flash Actionscript on a ten year old Celeron PC. Mainly it sleeps and sometimes wakes up for food. And farts here and there. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/50847-ibm-creates-computer-simulation-of-cats-brain/#findComment-1169768 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Coalbucket PI Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 Sounds amazing. I don't think the understanding of the brain is really complete enough for them to really rebuild it piece by piece... it doesn't explain where the biological information is coming from. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/50847-ibm-creates-computer-simulation-of-cats-brain/#findComment-1169805 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Edit Hide Delete Posted November 20, 2009 Some more information here: http://modha.org/ I'm probably stating the obvious here but it's not exactly a simulation of a cat's brain. It's an attempt to create brain-like behaviour on a huge schale. Their combination of hardware an software research has made it possible to have the same amount of neurons and synapses as a cat's brain. But the models they use are still at an early stage because neuroscience has a lot more ground to cover. But this will certainly help neuroscience a lot. They also say: "If the current trends in supercomputing continue, it seems that human-scale simulations will be possible in the not too distant future." Scary. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/50847-ibm-creates-computer-simulation-of-cats-brain/#findComment-1169861 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GORDO Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 you should watch this one.´ Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide GORDO's signature Hide all signatures ZOMG! Lazerz pew pew pew!!!!11!!1!!!!1!oneone!shift+one!~!!! Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/50847-ibm-creates-computer-simulation-of-cats-brain/#findComment-1169941 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoodie Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 omfg i love neuroscience so much Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/50847-ibm-creates-computer-simulation-of-cats-brain/#findComment-1169949 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GORDO Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 what happens when they plug this thing to the internet? Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide GORDO's signature Hide all signatures ZOMG! Lazerz pew pew pew!!!!11!!1!!!!1!oneone!shift+one!~!!! Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/50847-ibm-creates-computer-simulation-of-cats-brain/#findComment-1170014 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneToThirtySix Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 Birth of the Self-Awareternet. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/50847-ibm-creates-computer-simulation-of-cats-brain/#findComment-1170226 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Babar Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 On 11/20/2009 at 5:05 AM, GORDO said: what happens when they plug this thing to the internet? like everyone else, it browses some porn. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/50847-ibm-creates-computer-simulation-of-cats-brain/#findComment-1170316 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoodie Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 On 11/20/2009 at 12:02 PM, Babar said: On 11/20/2009 at 5:05 AM, GORDO said: what happens when they plug this thing to the internet? like everyone else, it browses some porn. it googles shit like "cat nip" and "shiny moving things" Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/50847-ibm-creates-computer-simulation-of-cats-brain/#findComment-1170320 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Blanket Fort Collapse Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 I don't get it... a duder with tie die hair survived after the right half his skull was shot off? I refuse to believe a cats brain can be simulated, a dolphin... hell a human maybe, but cats are just too amazingly bewildering to be simulated with da zeros and ones Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/50847-ibm-creates-computer-simulation-of-cats-brain/#findComment-1170341 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GORDO Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 watch the video i posted damnit, it's a ted talk, about this very thing. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide GORDO's signature Hide all signatures ZOMG! Lazerz pew pew pew!!!!11!!1!!!!1!oneone!shift+one!~!!! Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/50847-ibm-creates-computer-simulation-of-cats-brain/#findComment-1170367 Share on other sites More sharing options...
encey Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 It's like saying, maybe if we put a zillion pebbles in a pile, they'll turn into the Acropolis. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide encey's signature Hide all signatures essines said: i am hot shit ... that smells like baking bread. Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/50847-ibm-creates-computer-simulation-of-cats-brain/#findComment-1170406 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ezkerraldean Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 does anyone know that Harry Ramsden's restaurant just across the road from Cribbs Causeway? it's on a road called Catbrain Hill. wtf Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/50847-ibm-creates-computer-simulation-of-cats-brain/#findComment-1170487 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zazen Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 On 11/20/2009 at 12:09 PM, Hoodie said: On 11/20/2009 at 12:02 PM, Babar said: On 11/20/2009 at 5:05 AM, GORDO said: what happens when they plug this thing to the internet? like everyone else, it browses some porn. it googles shit like "cat nip" and "shiny moving things" lol Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/50847-ibm-creates-computer-simulation-of-cats-brain/#findComment-1170715 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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