Does Spaun do any learning at this stage? I recall that the underlying Nengo brain simulation platform supports some forms of learning, but that the original Spaun model was entirely hardwired for a few specific tasks.
Have there been advances in this regard? -- Ben G On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 3:20 PM, Alan Grimes <[email protected]> wrote: > ############################### > -------- Original Message -------- > [email protected] > > A dude on Facebook posted this. Figured I should tell you about it > since you were flipping a $#!+ over this guy. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2HHJfovb5E > > ################################################# > > > Mathew, you need some industrial strength IA... > > > > Lets strain ourselves to imagine that Eliasmith is even slightly wrong about > some tiny part of his > design. Even in that case, the framework that his software establishes should > be general enough to still > be incredibly useful, ie you would just have to swap out a class here and > there.... > > Now, the question becomes: What can we do about its performance? > > We could just wait for The Big Weenie to come out with his AI, but then > that's lame... (I just read an > article today on Russia 2045 confirming that Google is in an AGI sprint). > > Eliasmith himself is interested in attempting to apply neuromorphic hardware, > essentially using analog > computing... (Maybe Steve should get in touch with him...) > > But doing that seems to give back many of the advantages of having an AI, ie > I doubt that analog states > will be easy to precisely copy between machines. > > > > Here's my current idea: > > Stick one of these in my desktop (currently has 32GB of ram! ) > http://www.xilinx.com/products/boards-and-kits/EK-V7-VC707-G.htm > (Actually, there's a new vertex coming out with like ten times as many gates!) > > Then install a fiber optic 10gbe transceiver, run the cable through the wall, > down the stairs, > along the ceiling, through the bathroom, and finally to the rack in the > basement... > > Then load up the rack with one or even two of these: > > http://www.ncorehpc.com/browndwarf/ > > That should have enough of the right kind of compute to make Nengo run > noticeably Less Slow (tm). ;) > > Teslas are faster but they aren't as general in terms of the types of > algorithms you can run on them. > > Anyway, when I finish running my current batch of number theory codes, I'll > get serious about trying > to get Spaun running on the hardware I have now. > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/212726-deec6279 > Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com -- Ben Goertzel, PhD http://goertzel.org "In an insane world, the sane man must appear to be insane". -- Capt. James T. Kirk ------------------------------------------- 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
