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Self-replicating Robots with a Human Brain
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Joining two pieces of news that were out recently, really brings a new gist to the sentence “I’ll be back”.
Last month, the news was out that a team at Cornell University had created small robots that can build copies of themselves, demonstrating that simple, mechanical self-reproduction is not unique to biology. Each robot consists of several 4-inch cubes with identical machinery, software, and electromagnets. The development team hopes their design principles could make long-term, self-repairing robots that could mend themselves in hazardous situations and space flights.
Today, we learned that an IBM supercomputer running on 22.8 teraflops of processing power will be involved in an effort to create the first computer simulation of the entire human brain. From the article: 'The hope is that the virtual brain will help shed light on some aspects of human cognition, such as perception, memory and perhaps even consciousness.' It should also help us understand brain malfunctions and 'observe the electrical code our brains use to represent the world.'"
A task for your biological neurons: Do you think we’re coming towards a Singularity? Will it ever exist?
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