IBM setting out to build an electronic brain

[drunkpotato]

Interesting but color me skeptical of claims that they "[take] computing concepts to a whole new level". This would be fantastic if they could do it, and I think asynchronous event-driven circuits are definitely a move in the right direction, but the supposed "blog" they link to is nearly content-free marketspeak. The hyperbolic claims and lack of proven results set off little warning bells on this PR piece.

[shmageggy]

If you check out the "publications" tab there is more substantial content. The first one in the list is a pretty readable yet detailed description of their approach and philosophy.

[bfrs]

I hope this doesn't end as another "cat brain" fiasco:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2898229

Since the original critique by Henry Markram has been removed from the bluebrain website, I wish if anyone can confirm that the pasted exchange actually took place.

[bfrs]

Here is an authentic source for Markram's critique of the "Cat out of the bag" paper:

http://news.discovery.com/tech/cat-brain-computer-hype.html

[itmag]

I just got a mental image of Eliezer Yudkowski and Linda Hamilton assaulting IBM headquarters at night with the help of a buff Austrian combat cyborg.

[stiff]

This is old news, and gets much more publicity in the media that it probably deserves, but the vision of a "brain-like" computer certainly appeals to a majority of readers. Previously:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2898229

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2908802

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2899299

[dconway]

When they make one that's safe for implant, I am so getting it.

[_yobq]

I'd love to commercialize this by connecting our brains to a farm of electronic brains via an API. Brain Power on Demand(tm)! :)

[aaronbrethorst]

Brainpower on demand? I think we already have that, and it's called Mechanical Turk or Crowdflower ;-)

[easy_rider]

Well hope they are as smart as they think they are. In 2009 they thought the word mating started with an F !

[jderick]

I think they simply substituted the PG version of the real word here.