I had never heard of “neuromorphic computing” before, but it struck me as moving AI research more towards emulating a human brain… which then reminded me of Asimov’s “posittronic brain” concept that he used as the basis for his robots.
We were already approaching the “train, not program” type paradigm implied by his novels. Now this (neuron cluster) type approach makes it that much more similar to Positronic brains, closer to human brains, and further away from conventional computer science.
What does “positronic” mean here? I’m 99% sure you don’t mean “made of positrons” ….. unless there’s some 5D chess going on and that’s what a “boom in AI” means? Because a boom is what you’d get if you made something out of positrons, I think.
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Well, let’s just say I’ll believe it when I see it. These articles love to hype up these things as on the verge of completion but often it’s just another incremental step or an overblown result.
So we shall see…
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Well, let’s just say I’ll believe it when I see it. These articles love to hype up these things as on the verge of completion but often it’s just another incremental step or an overblown result.
So we shall see…
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But would it be “fully functional” like the positronic pimp himself?
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I had never heard of “neuromorphic computing” before, but it struck me as moving AI research more towards emulating a human brain… which then reminded me of Asimov’s “posittronic brain” concept that he used as the basis for his robots.
We were already approaching the “train, not program” type paradigm implied by his novels. Now this (neuron cluster) type approach makes it that much more similar to Positronic brains, closer to human brains, and further away from conventional computer science.
Did you know that this month a [university ](https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/newscentre/news_centre/more_news_stories/world_first_supercomputer_capable_of_brain-scale_simulation_being_built_at_western_sydney_university) in Australia is set to turn on a supercomputer based on neuromorphic computing?
What does “positronic” mean here? I’m 99% sure you don’t mean “made of positrons” ….. unless there’s some 5D chess going on and that’s what a “boom in AI” means? Because a boom is what you’d get if you made something out of positrons, I think.
Well, let’s just say I’ll believe it when I see it. These articles love to hype up these things as on the verge of completion but often it’s just another incremental step or an overblown result.
So we shall see…
Well, let’s just say I’ll believe it when I see it. These articles love to hype up these things as on the verge of completion but often it’s just another incremental step or an overblown result.
So we shall see…
But would it be “fully functional” like the positronic pimp himself?
I’ve been following neuromorphic computing for a while. It has nothing to do with positrons, but I get OPs sci-fi excitement. Here’s a more scientific overview of the architecture [https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/research/neuromorphic-computing-loihi-2-technology-brief.html](https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/research/neuromorphic-computing-loihi-2-technology-brief.html)