I like the neuromorphic chips, but I wonder how much functionality is gained. Obviously moving to hardware neural-net behavior will speed things up, but what else results? Isn't most of this just hot-rodding neural nets? What new results.
On 12/29/13, Jim Bromer <[email protected]> wrote: > http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/29/science/brainlike-computers-learning-from-experience.html?hp&_r=0 > > PALO ALTO, Calif. — Computers have entered the age when they are able > to learn from their own mistakes, a development that is about to turn > the digital world on its head. > > The first commercial version of the new kind of computer chip is > scheduled to be released in 2014. Not only can it automate tasks that > now require painstaking programming — for example, moving a robot’s > arm smoothly and efficiently — but it can also sidestep and even > tolerate errors, potentially making the term “computer crash” > obsolete. > > ------------------------------------ > Will it make the term "robot crash" obsolete? > -- > Jim Bromer > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/11943661-d9279dae > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
