2009/1/14 John Mikes <[email protected]>: > Stathis, > > common sense, not always applicable to math-related topics > is startled before a task on a REGULAR contraption-type Turing machine > (binary, electrically driven finite hardware etc.) can emulate ALL the > potentials of 11+billion neurons in unrestricted groupings and unlimited > connectivities as to the complexity of all the codes/details > (un!)imaginable. > (Maybe if you change to Bruno's infinite Loebian vs. Turing machine...?? I > doubt if you can do that, since there are different brains (eg for genetical > etc. reasons) and I cannot figure so many (although limited number) > variables in the 'unrestricted' (all encompassing?) Loebian machines.)
It is possible to calculate how much computing power it would take to simulate a brain at a particular level. For simulations at the cellular level, there is for example this work by IBM researchers simulating a rat neocortical column: http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/2008/03/out_of_the_blue.php?page=all&p=y http://www.research.ibm.com/journal/rd/521/djurfeldt.pdf It's still a long way from simulating an entire brain and observing ratlike behaviour, but it does show that computational neuroscience is now beyond the philosopher's thought experiment stage. -- Stathis Papaioannou --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
