Comments on: Building block of a programmable neuromorphic substrate: a digital neurosynaptic core http://www.kurzweilai.net/building-block-of-a-programmable-neuromorphic-substrate-a-digital-neurosynaptic-core Accelerating Intelligence Thu, 23 May 2013 14:59:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Vladimir http://www.kurzweilai.net/building-block-of-a-programmable-neuromorphic-substrate-a-digital-neurosynaptic-core/comment-page-1#comment-98131 Vladimir Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:03:10 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=154060#comment-98131 I think a much more viable alternative is replicating human brains into chips and letting people live forever in a hardware state. In the end there could be no "conventionally" living people left, but the robots will be the same people from the cognition/self-awareness/consciousness point of view. "The king is dead long live the king" I think a much more viable alternative is replicating human brains into chips and letting people live forever in a hardware state. In the end there could be no “conventionally” living people left, but the robots will be the same people from the cognition/self-awareness/consciousness point of view. “The king is dead long live the king”

]]> By: Jayney http://www.kurzweilai.net/building-block-of-a-programmable-neuromorphic-substrate-a-digital-neurosynaptic-core/comment-page-1#comment-22252 Jayney Sun, 01 Jul 2012 16:39:12 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=154060#comment-22252 Well, it's going to happen, and I just hope I'm cute enough for them to want to keep me as a pet. Well, it’s going to happen, and I just hope I’m cute enough for them to want to keep me as a pet.

]]> By: MrFriendly http://www.kurzweilai.net/building-block-of-a-programmable-neuromorphic-substrate-a-digital-neurosynaptic-core/comment-page-1#comment-20712 MrFriendly Tue, 26 Jun 2012 00:04:56 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=154060#comment-20712 Really fantastic paper. I had no idea they did the UT3 simulation with the car. Cool stuff. I love this website. You folks do fantastic reporting of technological developments, and I appreciate your helpful responses. Really fantastic paper. I had no idea they did the UT3 simulation with the car. Cool stuff.

I love this website. You folks do fantastic reporting of technological developments, and I appreciate your helpful responses.

]]> By: Bri http://www.kurzweilai.net/building-block-of-a-programmable-neuromorphic-substrate-a-digital-neurosynaptic-core/comment-page-1#comment-20299 Bri Sun, 24 Jun 2012 01:55:26 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=154060#comment-20299 You mean like deep blue or Watson? Yes, all chips can be configured in parallel. The big problem is to synchronize them. Because these are neuromorphic, they can conceivably reconfigure themselves. They will need a drummer. Neurons that fire together, wire together. Though it will start to oscillate on it's own. Everything has a frequency, or fundamental. For standard computers it's in relation to the clock rate. For these chips, it can be more floating, or responsive. It depends on the number of chips wired together, and how they evolve to address the task. They can couple in any arrangement. It's not like a regular CPU. 1,s and 0,s flow through a single port as it were. For neurons, it can be an endless variation of parallel connections. It becomes more three dimensional. You mean like deep blue or Watson? Yes, all chips can be configured in parallel. The big problem is to synchronize them. Because these are neuromorphic, they can conceivably reconfigure themselves. They will need a drummer. Neurons that fire together, wire together. Though it will start to oscillate on it’s own. Everything has a frequency, or fundamental. For standard computers it’s in relation to the clock rate. For these chips, it can be more floating, or responsive. It depends on the number of chips wired together, and how they evolve to address the task. They can couple in any arrangement. It’s not like a regular CPU. 1,s and 0,s flow through a single port as it were. For neurons, it can be an endless variation of parallel connections. It becomes more three dimensional.

]]> By: Editor http://www.kurzweilai.net/building-block-of-a-programmable-neuromorphic-substrate-a-digital-neurosynaptic-core/comment-page-1#comment-20207 Editor Sat, 23 Jun 2012 16:39:04 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=154060#comment-20207 Hah, yeah, welcome to Google Adsense. Smile, you're on candid Kinect. Hah, yeah, welcome to Google Adsense. Smile, you’re on candid Kinect.

]]> By: Brian Roberts http://www.kurzweilai.net/building-block-of-a-programmable-neuromorphic-substrate-a-digital-neurosynaptic-core/comment-page-1#comment-20196 Brian Roberts Sat, 23 Jun 2012 15:43:17 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=154060#comment-20196 any relation to the ad for the $169 pong robot ad to the right I am seeing lol. any relation to the ad for the $169 pong robot ad to the right I am seeing lol.

]]> By: Zandre http://www.kurzweilai.net/building-block-of-a-programmable-neuromorphic-substrate-a-digital-neurosynaptic-core/comment-page-1#comment-20156 Zandre Sat, 23 Jun 2012 11:09:50 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=154060#comment-20156 Can this chip scale in a parallel fashion, creating a network of chips that could simulate greater complexity? Can this chip scale in a parallel fashion, creating a network of chips that could simulate greater complexity?

]]> By: Bri http://www.kurzweilai.net/building-block-of-a-programmable-neuromorphic-substrate-a-digital-neurosynaptic-core/comment-page-1#comment-20035 Bri Fri, 22 Jun 2012 22:15:13 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=154060#comment-20035 It's the plasticity of neurons that make it so effective at problem solving. Look at tree spiders. Their brains are the size of a pin point, not head. Some spruces sit at the edge of blind spiders webs. They listen to the vibrations on the web( no pun intended), and replicate the songs of potential mates, for the blind spider. When the spider responds to the call they pounce! They are able to react in real time to any deviation of their environment! From a brain that small! With eight independent legs! Not much longer and robots will be much smarter than us. Just don't give them dopamine circuits. Then we really will have robots with needs! It’s the plasticity of neurons that make it so effective at problem solving. Look at tree spiders. Their brains are the size of a pin point, not head. Some spruces sit at the edge of blind spiders webs. They listen to the vibrations on the web( no pun intended), and replicate the songs of potential mates, for the blind spider. When the spider responds to the call they pounce! They are able to react in real time to any deviation of their environment! From a brain that small! With eight independent legs! Not much longer and robots will be much smarter than us. Just don’t give them dopamine circuits. Then we really will have robots with needs!

]]> By: MrFriendly http://www.kurzweilai.net/building-block-of-a-programmable-neuromorphic-substrate-a-digital-neurosynaptic-core/comment-page-1#comment-20021 MrFriendly Fri, 22 Jun 2012 20:47:36 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=154060#comment-20021 Ah, ok, thank you. Ah, ok, thank you.

]]> By: Editor http://www.kurzweilai.net/building-block-of-a-programmable-neuromorphic-substrate-a-digital-neurosynaptic-core/comment-page-1#comment-19942 Editor Fri, 22 Jun 2012 12:59:30 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=154060#comment-19942 Yes, thanks for mentioning that. Added a sentence: "A design prototype of the core was announced in August 2011..." Also added further information from the open-access linked paper, which is highly recommended. Yes, thanks for mentioning that. Added a sentence: “A design prototype of the core was announced in August 2011…” Also added further information from the open-access linked paper, which is highly recommended.

]]> By: MrFriendly http://www.kurzweilai.net/building-block-of-a-programmable-neuromorphic-substrate-a-digital-neurosynaptic-core/comment-page-1#comment-19914 MrFriendly Fri, 22 Jun 2012 10:22:32 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=154060#comment-19914 Is this something new they added to the chip(s) they unveiled last August? Is this something new they added to the chip(s) they unveiled last August?

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