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[Luna]

It might have been posted, so sorry if it was.

My boyfriend just send me this article:

IBM's Blue Gene Supercomputer Models a Cat's Entire Brain

IBM and Stanford University researchers modeled a cat's cerebral cortex using the Blue Gene/IP supercomputer, which currently ranks as the fourth most powerful supercomputer in the world. They had simulated a full rat brain in 2007, and 1 percent of the human cerebral cortex this year.

http://www.popsci.co...e-supercomputer

[Brain Mystery 2010]

Henry Markram Calls the IBM Cat Scale Brain Simulation a Hoax:

http://www.imminst.o...oax-t35478.html

[forever freedom]

more info on this

http://hplusmagazine...eer-human-brain

Edited by forever freedom, 04 December 2009 - 04:41 PM.

[Vgamer1]

Why is H+ reporting on a hoax?

Or is it not settled?

[niner]

Why is H+ reporting on a hoax?

Or is it not settled?

They at least mentioned Markram's criticism, but it was a pretty cursory treatment. I think H+ is more interested in sizzle than steak. The comments suggest that readers are not fooled. I agree with Markram on this; the "cat brain" "simulation" is BS. It's a sideshow.

[Mind]

Michael Anissimov agrees that the cat brain simulation is nonsense.

However, I am glad to see IBM still engaging in this type of fundamental research, including Watson and cognitive computer chips.