Also, this paper seems related and is available online for free http://web.eecs.utk.edu/~itamar/Papers/ASSCC2013.pdf
On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 1:54 PM, Ben Goertzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > One thing they're doing is working toward an analog DeSTIN (hierarchical > deep machine learning network for perception processing), as suggested in > > > http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?reload=true&arnumber=6628006 > > -- Ben > > On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 1:51 PM, Steve Richfield < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Ben, >> >> The problem with this article is that it is SO vague. Saying that they >> are doing something in analog is just about as vague as saying that they >> are doing in digital. >> >> For example, many people think that analog is necessarily "hard wired", >> but designs can easily incorporate memristor-based crossbar "switches" that >> can make them even more adaptive than present digital implementations. >> >> Also, there are circuits that are neither cleanly analog or digital, that >> can periodically force a capacitor to the nearest step of charge, so that >> capacitors can hold accurate analog values forever. >> >> Then, there is the whole area of birdirectional computing that I have >> posted on in the past, that offers SO much more than present unidirectional >> computing practices. Bidirectional computing is SO easy in analog - like it >> is sometimes hard to avoid, whereas it is VERY difficult in digital, e.g. >> the time to simulate an electric circuit in SPICE or other circuit >> simulator rises as the SQUARE of the size of the circuit. >> >> I think there is great promise in hybrid implementations, but so far >> every proposal I have seen has failed to really capitalize on the medium - >> what analog can do that digital can apparently NOT ever be scaled up to do. >> >> Is there any more detail about this project? >> >> Steve >> >> >> d >> >> >> >> On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 8:27 PM, Ben Goertzel via AGI <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> Cool stuff ;) >>> >>> http://tntoday.utk.edu/2014/09/19/engineers-move-analog-brain-closer/ >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Ben Goertzel, PhD >>> http://goertzel.org >>> >>> "In an insane world, the sane man must appear to be insane". -- Capt. >>> James T. Kirk >>> >>> "Emancipate yourself from mental slavery / None but ourselves can free >>> our minds" -- Robert Nesta Marley >>> *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> >>> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/10443978-6f4c28ac> | >>> Modify >>> <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> >>> Your Subscription <http://www.listbox.com> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Full employment can be had with the stoke of a pen. Simply institute a >> six hour workday. That will easily create enough new jobs to bring back >> full employment. >> >> > > > -- > Ben Goertzel, PhD > http://goertzel.org > > "In an insane world, the sane man must appear to be insane". -- Capt. > James T. Kirk > > "Emancipate yourself from mental slavery / None but ourselves can free our > minds" -- Robert Nesta Marley > -- Ben Goertzel, PhD http://goertzel.org "In an insane world, the sane man must appear to be insane". -- Capt. James T. Kirk "Emancipate yourself from mental slavery / None but ourselves can free our minds" -- Robert Nesta Marley ------------------------------------------- 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
