I agree the comparison is probably not done against a maximally optimized, dedicated and customized digital implementation...
I agree that more programmability would be better, but also note that this is a research prototype system, and intended as an early step along an R&D path... On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 12:47 PM, Steve Richfield via AGI <[email protected]> wrote: > 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> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/19237892-5029d625> | > Modify > <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> > Your Subscription <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 "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
