RE: What is so special about us?!?
February 9, 2010 at 12:25 am
(This post was last modified: February 9, 2010 at 12:27 am by Autumnlicious.)
(February 9, 2010 at 12:12 am)Saerules Wrote: @Pippy: Please calculate the following number without a computer: 413 + 2(32 + 45) - 382 + 47428 / 43
How long did that take you? Compare it with the computer you are using right now, and it takes the computer approximately as long to do such as it takes for you to type it in.
To be honest... it doesn't take long to figure out which system is 'stronger'.
False benchmark.
Howabout this:
The vector space calculations it takes to facilitate bipedal motion - can a computer the same size of a human brain do them faster and in tandem as efficiently as the human brain? Answer - No.
The machine merely makes up for the lack of ability with raw functions per second. Your comparison is as useful as BogoMIPS is.
Computers are excellent at doing a small series of actions (read: instruction sets embedded in architecture) fast. Complex neurological systems are adept at doing an enormous set of parallel calculations simultaneously using the same interconnects without any form of interrupts.
The closest you will get to an artificial brain will be through usage of memristors, which are not coming any time soon. So until then, comparing computers to a living brain is an impossible comparison when it comes to life.
