Alan, I have a design concept for a digitally programmed analog computer chip capable of the bidirectional sorts of computing that neurons do. Think Xylinx, but with analog "gates" instead of digital gates embedded therein.
Steve On Wed, Jul 10, 2019, 10:34 PM Alan Grimes via AGI <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm sure many of you are aware of this issue but I'll repeat it anyway > because I had been allowing myself to get carried away thinking about > what kind of hardware I'd throw at our resident genius' brain simulator. > > The fundamental problem is this paradox: > > A. We do not know what kind of hardware an AGI machine will require. It > is still completely possible that it turns out to be nothing at all like > the tensor cores you will find in a GV100. > > B. It has been shown that specialized hardware can MASSIVELY accelerate > AI (which may or may not = AGI) algorithms to the point where previously > infeasible solutions become not only possible but commercially viable. > > It is close to certain that any general purpose architecture, whether it > be MIPS, Alpha, MMIX, ARM, Power, or even common x64 will do a perfectly > medeocre job at doing whatever it turns out to be. > > However, a specialized architecture will either be fantastic or absolute > crap to the point of not being able to run it at all. > > So the critical question is what exactly does AGI hardware look like and > how much of it do we need to bridge the gap between what we can do with > general purpose architectures. > > I think GPUs and FPGAs can be considered relatively safe things to shop > for. At least you can waste your life playing video games with a good > GPU if it doesn't pan out for AGI work. =P > > However, anything advertised as a deep learning accelerator -> BLEH > because I think deep learning only has a few months of life left to it > as a research paradigm and then the field is either SHIFT or WINTER. > > -- > Clowns feed off of funny money; > Funny money comes from the FED > so NO FED -> NO CLOWNS!!! > > Powers are not rights. > ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/Te56d98b1cab7ca45-Mc26223d43a9738755d5ce84a Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
