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Update: IBM Cortical Simulator

Impact: Neuroscience    November 23, 2009
For an excellent critical take on the IBM Cortical Simulator achieving ‘the intelligence of a cat’, read Jonah Lehrer’s Blog. Essential Quote: In the coming years, there will be many grand announcements about supercomputers that attempt to imitate the machinery inside the skull. One way to distinguish between such claims is to look at their [...]
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IBM Cortical Simulator – more brain than a cat

News: Computer Power    November 20, 2009
Modeling brain function with a supercomputer is an ongoing scientific project, now spanning decades. Of course, as the computers become increasingly powerful, the results begin to look more realistic – and that creates a paradox…
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