IBM Says It's Built Chips That Actually Think and Learn

Hm.

They claim the chips' architecture is based on/inspired by the architecture of the human brain.

IBM has unveiled a new experimental computer chip that it says mimics the human brain in that it perceives, acts and even thinks.

It terms the machines built with these chips "cognitive computers", claiming that they are able to learn through experience, find patterns, generate ideas and understand the outcomes.

In building this new generation of chip, IBM combined principles of nanoscience, neuroscience and supercomputing.

It has been awarded $21m (£12.7m) of new funding by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for the next phase of the project, which it terms "Systems of Neuromorphic Adaptive Plastic Scalable Electronics" (SyNAPSE).

Someone gave himself a Self High Five when he came up with that acronym.

I know this is where everyone says, "Skynet became self-aware at 5:15 am on August 12, 1996" or whatever, but I think this may be more appropriate:

Autonomous Army Robots? Crazy.

Thanks to DrewM.

posted by Ace at 03:55 PM

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