Where’s Sarah & John Connor!?!?!
I’ve been TIVOing “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles“which is set after the events in ‘Terminator 2′ and follows Sarah Connor and her son John, trying to stay under-the-radar from the government as they plot to destroy the computer network Skynet in hopes of preventing Armageddon. I watch them when I get a chance and I’ve yet to watch the season finale, but so far I’ve loved the show. I can’t wait for the new movie to come out, but it all makes this article I just read via Kottke a little freaky…
Henry Markram has built a supercomputer comprised of 2,000 IBM chips that can handle 22.8 trillion operations per second. “Each of its microchips has been programmed to act just like a real neuron in a real brain.”
Blue Brain scientists are confident that, at some point in the next few years, they will be able to start simulating an entire brain. “If we build this brain right, it will do everything,” Markram says. I ask him if that includes selfconsciousness: Is it really possible to put a ghost into a machine? “When I say everything, I mean everything,” he says, and a mischievous smile spreads across his face.