SAN FRANCISCO -

Scientists say they've made a breakthrough in their pursuit of computers that "think" like a living thing's brain ? an effort that tests the limits of technology.


Even the world's most powerful supercomputers can't replicate basic aspects of the human mind. The machines can't imagine a wall painted a different color, for instance, or picture a person's face and connect that to an emotion.

If researchers can make computers operate more like a brain thinks ? by reasoning and dealing with abstractions, among other things ? they could unleash tremendous insights in such diverse fields as medicine and economics.

A computer with the power of a human brain is not yet near. But this week researchers from IBM Corp. are reporting that they've simulated a cat's cerebral cortex, the thinking part of the brain, using a massive supercomputer. The computer has 147,456 processors (most modern PCs have just one or two processors) and 144 terabytes of main memory ? 100,000 times as much as your computer has.

The scientists had previously simulated 40 percent of a mouse's brain in 2006, a rat's full brain in 2007, and 1 percent of a human's cerebral cortex this year, using progressively bigger supercomputers.

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thats kinda cool altho it seems like a fat waste of money

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You won't say that when my android is beating the **** out of you.

 

dude ill have 1230000000000 before u even get one

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Yeah, but all of yours will be fat and weak since you woulda thought its a waste of time and money to get a buff one. Just for that, I'm gonna have it sodomize you.

 

lol and when some I.Robot **** happens dont come asken me to save ur ass from a robot rebellion

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Why try 2 clone a animals brain when you can make a better one?

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