Temporal [not temporary ] Memory - in Humans and Computers
April 16th 2007 08:29
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I've found a really great site that is very informative about the brain and, at the same time, let's us know what is happening with research in certain areas.
Summing up, we learn:
"Computers, at long last, can play winning chess.
The neocortex is responsible for almost all high-level thought and perception, a role that explains its exceptionally large size in humans-about 60 percent of brain volume .
The neocortex is fairly uniform, it is divided into dozens of areas that do different things. Some areas, for instance, are responsible for language, others for music, and still others for vision. They are connected by bundles of nerve fibers.
When you are confronted with a new and confusing object, you pick it up and move it about in front of your eyes. You look at it from different directions and top and bottom. As the object moves and the patterns on your retina change, your brain assumes that the unknown object is not changing.
Chess playing computers may be able to defeat Garry Kasparov, but you did not see any computers marching against the Putin mafiocracy in Moscow. High level chess playing computers only play chess. Even your five year old child would defeat a chess playing computer at Monopoly. Jeff Hawkins is trying to imbue machines with a more generalised intelligence than conventional digital computers can achieve.
The capacity for intelligence must be built into the architecture".
All of the above is take from the site of Jeff Hawkins, available on the following link
The work and explanations are entirely his and you do need to look at the site to find out the way they are endeavouring to include human knowledge techniques into computers.
Let's hope you enjoy this information, those interested in humans and those interested in computers and the differences.
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Comment by Ash
Flashes of memories