Re: HYPE: "Russians create 'artificial human brain'"

From: KN Iyer (kn_iyer@mantraonline.com)
Date: Wed Apr 18 2001 - 23:46:01 MDT


I have been thinking about the ability of a single element 'silicon' to
replicate all the properties of a composite of many elements/chemicals
called brain.
Are we talking about something that sounds more like a composite rather than
a single element.
KN Iyer

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Atkins" <brian@posthuman.com>
To: <sl4@sysopmind.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 11:05 AM
Subject: Re: HYPE: "Russians create 'artificial human brain'"

> Please let us all know if you find out anyone has confirmed or debunked
the
> worth of it.
>
> Declan McCullagh wrote:
> >
> > No, it's not an April Fool story (though this does not mean the
> > research is legitimate, and I have my doubts).
> >
> > It's an Interfax story that AFP picked up. It also appears below.
> >
> --
> Brian Atkins
> Director, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
> http://www.intelligence.org/



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