Snails - Response on Threads Part 8

[Katmar]

Good morning, Tibs..... Where IS everyone? Sleep in Saturday, I guess...

 

[FranC]

Morning,tib and Kat

 

[daleron]

Good morning Tibs, Kat, and Fran

LOL's Tibs, suck it up buttercup

Good morning lovely & handsome Snails

 

[tiburonfirst]

morning, kat, dale and frannie!

 

[FranC]

Morning,dale

 

[Katmar]

Morning Fran and Dale

 

[CES]

Good morning y'all

I'm home!!! and get to spend the weekend with the beasties!

Glad to see that Bear is coming back full-steam, and that Tib's DH is taking the first steps in his recovery.

 

[tiburonfirst]

morning, ces! and wb

 

[Katmar]

Good morning, CES and welcome home. Bet the beasties are THRILLED!!!

 

[daleron]

Good morning y'all

I'm home!!! and get to spend the weekend with the beasties!

Glad to see that Bear is coming back full-steam, and that Tib's DH is taking the first steps in his recovery.

Good morning CES

There's no place like home!

 

[AttyPops]

Good morning Tibs, Fran, Katmar, Dale, CES, Snails.

 

[daleron]

Good morning Tibs, Fran, Katmar, Dale, CES, Snails.

Good morning Atty

 

[AttyPops]

Hey @CES...
You might have to get good with electronics soon....
Cool Science Stuff
Link to embedded article-->> IBM Creates Artificial Neurons That Learn By Themselves

Historically, AI is a simulator...where a program(s) "runs through" each neuron/synapse and "does the math" iteratively. Like calculating an array of data. But with this new tech, the individual "circuits" operate on their own probably in parallel. So that's a HUGE breakthrough. Like silicon-based life would have I'd suppose.

After absorbing that, you know what surprised me the most? This quote:

“If you look at the human brain, we have 100 billion neurons, and each neuron has 10,000 synapses. So if you want to make a processor with that many elements it would be a daunting task. It would be extremely interesting to bring down the size of these devices, as well as the area consumption. So this is major selling point for our work.”

Each neuron has 10,000 synapses? Wow. Those are the "gap" things in nerves, right? And they play a role in all the connecting-up too. Sounds real complex.

IDK what IBM's version has. It's more than just all those neurons, it's all those synapse thingys.

 

[Katmar]

Good morning, Atty....

Those numbers are too much to wrap MY brain around. 100 billion! How do they KNOW that stuff? Who counts 'em?

 

[AttyPops]

Who counts 'em?

It was probably CES.

 

[daleron]

It was probably CES.

LOL's!!

 

[oldbikeguy]

Good morning Snails

 

[daleron]

Good morning Snails

Good morning OBG

 

[tiburonfirst]

morning, obg and atty!

and almost time for my first dh visit of the day ............

 

[AttyPops]

Say "Hi" to him for us Tibs. Let him know we're all rooting for him!

Hi OBG.