These chips don't mimick the human brain. I doubt any ever will. In addition to the physical communication between neurons using neurotransmitter this is attempting to emulate, there's also a genetic and environment based neuroplastic changes that continually happen (ie: development of language, sight), and finally higher order electrical (EEG) activity that is likely controlled via quantum effects through neurotubules and is also where memory is stored.
This attempt at emulation is based off such an incomplete understanding and partial implimentation I don't see how it can possibly succeed at doing much of anything.
Further, the fact we lose brain cells happens for a variety of reasons, some planned, and we also generate new ones continuously.
The brain and mind are so far beyond our understanding, let alone a silicon-based fixed attempt to emulate them is just not going to work.
HP's Jon Rubenstein told us that his company wanted to veer in a new direction, and veer it surely did -- the HP Veer 4G will arguably be the smallest fully-functional smartphone on the market when it goes on sale May 15th.
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These chips don't mimick the human brain. I doubt any ever will. In addition to the physical communication between neurons using neurotransmitter this is attempting to emulate, there's also a genetic and environment based neuroplastic changes that continually happen (ie: development of language, sight), and finally higher order electrical (EEG) activity that is likely controlled via quantum effects through neurotubules and is also where memory is stored.
This attempt at emulation is based off such an incomplete understanding and partial implimentation I don't see how it can possibly succeed at doing much of anything.
Further, the fact we lose brain cells happens for a variety of reasons, some planned, and we also generate new ones continuously.
The brain and mind are so far beyond our understanding, let alone a silicon-based fixed attempt to emulate them is just not going to work.