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ITT: IBM is Skynet; Develops microchip modelled after human brain
Topic Started: Sep 22 2011, 07:17 AM (148 Views)
-Blacklightning-
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IBM makes microchip modelled after human brain. There's a lot of sciency crap in there that I honestly don't understand well, but one thing they mentioned in plain english is that they've demonstrated the ability to perform most tasks an ordinary computer can without individual programs for each, and have shown signs of learning on top of that.

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The real mind-bender here is that these chips showed signs of intelligence, in that they were able to perform all various tasks that normal chips are capable of (i.e. playing Pong, controlling a virtual car, identifying images and numbers on a screen). The mindblowingness comes from the fact that these chips were able to do all of these things and more without needing a program. The chips even showed signs that they were learning new things during and after performing each task. Yes, I just shat my pants too when I read this.


Like all badass breakthroughs in science I don't really expect this to become commonplace for quite a while. But still, progress!
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Psycho Werekitsune
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Just remember, don't piss it off, don't mistreat it, don't give it too much work and definitely don't get to the point where you depend on it. Seriously, it's the kind of stuff you see in Terminator and The Matrix that really scares the crap out of me about the future.
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-Eternally Fallen-
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I don't see what the obsession is with creating something that does what we can already do without wasting resources.
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-Jacquerel-
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Then you're a little short sighted, alternative solutions contribute greatly to advancing both technologies as they are suddenly provided with competition and because some things may become possible on the new method that previously weren't
Plus did you not even read the second sentence that should already have answered your question
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-Arem-
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And make sure it stays the hell away from Phazon.
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Blacklightning
Nov 14 2011, 02:48 AM
I like it when people use the word "gay" in any context other than a homosexual one - it only proves that they have the maturity of a five year old, as if their obsession with shooters didn't already do a good job of pointing that out. It's also pretty amusing that he pointed out Skyrim considering the fact that, y'know, it's set in the bloody medival era and doesn't even have muskets, let alone generic modern firearms.

But just for fun, let's play around with his logic a bit.

game - gun = gay
game + gun = -gay
game + gun + Arem = ???


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-Ekoi-
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Did somebody say...

phazon?

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Arcana Fang
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We still hold the power to create such a thing, so it can learn and think all it wants to, we've still got the BOMB XD
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Psycho Werekitsune
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DON'T. PISS. IT. OFF.
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