[extropy-chat] DARPA Ends Brain Reverse Engineering Project

[Eugen Leitl]

On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 08:16:28AM -0700, Jef Allbright wrote:

>    cognitive architectures" based on the human brain. There is
>    speculation that DARPA concluded phase 2 was simply to ambitious. For

For that kind of a budget -- absolutely. The Manhattan project
consumed a considerable fraction of the then-GNP. There's no way
to expect not spending a few percent of today's GNP over the course
of a decade or a couple and succeeding.

Of course one could just wait until the natural course of
developments drops you the ripe fruit into your lap, for free.
Eventually it will, but other guys will have been there first.

Human-level AI in is the mother of all disruptive technologies.

>    more detailed information see DARPA's [3]BICA Information Pamplhlet
>    (PDF format) or the [4]reports from Phase 1 participants.

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