Mike,
Thanks for the heads up. Maybe the project will go nowhere. But to me the fact that he has been able to create any sort of neural net with 50K to 100K nodes, with presumably a potential connectivity as high at human neurons (i.e., upto 10K synapses) is impressive. Presumably with a much less than the cost of a current micro-electonic fab line (i.e., several billion dollars) in terms of research and development, people might be able to build systems with 100s of billion of neurons on top of high speed control and communication electronics, for relative low prices. It suggests wetware supplemented hardware could, perhaps, prove to be the earliest, cheapest path to computing platforms capable of human level AGI at a reasonable cost and at reasonable levels of power consumption. Ed Porter -----Original Message----- From: Mike Tintner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 8:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [agi] Meet the world's first robot controlled exclusively by living brain tissue Thanks, Ed. My casual impression is that the scientist here, Kevin Warwick, is un peu d'un nut - although skilled at self-publicising. Some years ago, he had a chip sewn into his arm. He was going to open doors with it and other stuff. Anyone know what happened with that? Ed: "A 'Frankenrobot' with a biological brain Meet Gordon, probably the world's first robot controlled exclusively by living brain tissue." Article at <http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080813192458.ud84hj9h&show_article= 1> http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080813192458.ud84hj9h&show_article=1 _____ agi | <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/> | <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; f> Modify Your Subscription <http://www.listbox.com> ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=111637683-c8fa51 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
