IBM makes progress toward 'thinking' computing system

Courtesy ZDNET - Between the Lines  Wed, 11/18/2009 - 9:25am

IBM is making progress toward cooking up a computer system that emulates the human brain and simulates abilities for sensation, perception, interaction and cognition.

The end goal: Create a computing system that thinks like the human brain.



 

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