So far as I know, no project has ever tried to simulate the entire human brain, even at low fidelity. So while these projects do represent a lot of progress, we're not there yet.
- Tom --- Eugen Leitl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 08:00:58PM -0300, Lúcio de > Souza Coelho wrote: > > > As it happens, I *am* a programmer. And I would > gladly accept your > > gradualistic argument, if the Blue Brain had AI > goals. But it is > > guided toward neuroscience... *Perhaps* insights > obtained with the > > The goals of computational neuroscience and AI are > pretty much the same, > even though their practitioners would disagree. It > doesn't matter > what they believe, it only matters what they *do* > > > Blue Brain will be used in some fields of AI, but > to point the Blue > > Brain project as it is now as an example of > "simulation of human mind" > > sounds like a falacy of undue amplification... > > There are three projects on large scale neuronal > emulation, Blue Brain > being just one of them. > > And the scanning technology has been making giant > advances in the > last few years -- mm^3 via TEM is quite doable these > days. > > -- > Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org";>leitl</a> > http://leitl.org > ______________________________________________________________ > ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com > http://postbiota.org > 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 > 8B29 F6BE > > ----- > This list is sponsored by AGIRI: > http://www.agiri.org/email > To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: > http://v2.listbox.com/member/?&; > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase. http://farechase.yahoo.com/ ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=4007604&user_secret=7d7fb4d8
