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IBM Brain-Inspired Computer Will Look After Our Nuclear Weapons
https://www.inverse.com/article/13514-ibm-brain-inspired-computer-will-look-after-our-nuclear-weapons
IBM Brain-Inspired Computer Will Look After Our Nuclear Weapons
It's like a human brain, just less advanced.
Adam Toobin
March 30, 2016
IBM and the Department of Defense may be building new neurosynaptic computer chips capable of helping the United States coordinate its nuclear arsenal, but at 2 billion synaptic linkages, it’s only as powerful as the brain of a young human fetus. In fact, a three-month-old baby’s brain contains about 1,000 trillion synapses, and you don’t see us bragging about the untold genius of every babbling infant. So while IBM’s brain isn’t as powerful as a baby’s, in their defense, we don’t want a baby looking after our nuclear weapons.
In fact, IBM’s neural network has a number of advantages over a newborn. Despite its responsibility for assisting the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in ensuring the safety of America’s nuclear weapons, the 16 million digital neurons require the same energy as the average tablet. So babies may be more demanding, but they also have about 10,000 times as many neurons to power.
IBM’s brain computer may not rival the raw size of the human brain at any age, but it is probably the closest a computer has come. Most computers function linearly, but IBM has figured out how to link billions of transistors into groups of millions of neurons that then make millions of connections. It’s an innovative approach to computing that the U.S. government is betting will help keep the nuclear arsenal free from cyberattacks.
“Neuromorphic computing opens very exciting new possibilities and is consistent with what we see as the future of the high-performance computing and simulation at the heart of our national security missions,” says Jim Brase, deputy associate director for data science at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.“Neuromorphic computing opens very exciting new possibilities and is consistent with what we see as the future of the high-performance computing and simulation at the heart of our national security missions,” says Jim Brase, deputy associate director for data science at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.“Neuromorphic computing opens very exciting new possibilities and is consistent with what we see as the future of the high-performance computing and simulation at the heart of our national...
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IBM Brain-Inspired Computer Will Look After Our Nuclear Weapons
It's like a human brain, just less advanced.
Adam Toobin
March 30, 2016
IBM and the Department of Defense may be building new neurosynaptic computer chips capable of helping the United States coordinate its nuclear arsenal, but at 2 billion synaptic linkages, it’s only as powerful as the brain of a young human fetus. In fact, a three-month-old baby’s brain contains about 1,000 trillion synapses, and you don’t see us bragging about the untold genius of every babbling infant. So while IBM’s brain isn’t as powerful as a baby’s, in their defense, we don’t want a baby looking after our nuclear weapons.
In fact, IBM’s neural network has a number of advantages over a newborn. Despite its responsibility for assisting the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in ensuring the safety of America’s nuclear weapons, the 16 million digital neurons require the same energy as the average tablet. So babies may be more demanding, but they also have about 10,000 times as many neurons to power.
IBM’s brain computer may not rival the raw size of the human brain at any age, but it is probably the closest a computer has come. Most computers function linearly, but IBM has figured out how to link billions of transistors into groups of millions of neurons that then make millions of connections. It’s an innovative approach to computing that the U.S. government is betting will help keep the nuclear arsenal free from cyberattacks.
“Neuromorphic computing opens very exciting new possibilities and is consistent with what we see as the future of the high-performance computing and simulation at the heart of our national security missions,” says Jim Brase, deputy associate director for data science at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.“Neuromorphic computing opens very exciting new possibilities and is consistent with what we see as the future of the high-performance computing and simulation at the heart of our national security missions,” says Jim Brase, deputy associate director for data science at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.“Neuromorphic computing opens very exciting new possibilities and is consistent with what we see as the future of the high-performance computing and simulation at the heart of our national...
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