IBM setting out to build an electronic brain

Interesting but color me skeptical of claims that they "[take] computing concepts to a whole new level". This would be fantastic if they could do it, and I think asynchronous event-driven circuits are definitely a move in the right direction, but the supposed "blog" they link to is nearly content-free marketspeak. The hyperbolic claims and lack of proven results set off little warning bells on this PR piece.

I hope this doesn't end as another "cat brain" fiasco:<p><a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2898229" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2898229</a><p>Since the original critique by Henry Markram has been removed from the bluebrain website, I wish if anyone can confirm that the pasted exchange actually took place.

I just got a mental image of Eliezer Yudkowski and Linda Hamilton assaulting IBM headquarters at night with the help of a buff Austrian combat cyborg.

This is old news, and gets much more publicity in the media that it probably deserves, but the vision of a "brain-like" computer certainly appeals to a majority of readers. Previously:<p><a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2898229" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2898229</a><p><a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2908802" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2908802</a><p><a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2899299" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2899299</a>

When they make one that's safe for implant, I am <i>so</i> getting it.

I'd love to commercialize this by connecting our brains to a farm of electronic brains via an API. Brain Power on Demand(tm)! :)

Well hope they are as smart as they think they are. In 2009 they thought the word mating started with an F !