Tim, On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 7:03 PM, Tim Tyler via AGI <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 19/09/2014 23:27, Ben Goertzel via AGI wrote: > > Cool stuff ;) > > http://tntoday.utk.edu/2014/09/19/engineers-move-analog-brain-closer/ > > > Kurzweil went on about analog computing in TSIN. I was pretty sceptical at > the time. > However 0.3 percent is quite an impressive power consumption ratio. If > that's > reproducible figure and it is sustainable over a wide range of useful > tasks, > there's quite a lot of computer science that will need reinventing in the > future. > I wonder just what sort of "digital" implementation they are compaing to, e.g. a computer, programmable logic like Xylinx, a custom built system, or what? I suspect some sort of unfair comparison, like a computer system complete with peripherals. What I thought was curious here was the complete lack of programmability in their implementation. With some attention to programmability, they could have made a much more flexible system. Steve -- > __________ > |im |yler http://timtyler.org/ [email protected] Remove lock to reply. > > *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. ------------------------------------------- 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
