Chad Johnson August 18, 2011 07:31 PM

Really? With this type of computational power we are still going to have traffic lights?

Facebook User August 18, 2011 09:22 PM

And imagine it on a bad day when it decides to turn all traffic lights green for the hell of it.

DemonDuck August 18, 2011 09:59 PM

Same old story -- give a computer the ability for rational thought and pretty soon we have another cylon attack.
Don\'t you remember what happened with SkyNet???

alcalde August 19, 2011 02:05 AM

DemonDuck, the good news is that it\'s mimicking the human brain, so it won\'t be engaging in rational thought. :-)

kalqlate August 19, 2011 04:13 AM

Ahhh. Nice that this is an IBM project. It will synergize well with Watson, other AI research, as well as other brain research and brain synthesis research that has been ongoing at IBM for quite some time now.
Regarding how the offspring of this research will help cellphones, etc., better interact with their environment: We\'ll rue the day when we say, \"Really officer? I was speeding? Oh I wasn\'t aware of that\", and our cellphone chirps up and says, \"Don\'t buy it! He knew EXACTLY what he was dong! He went as far as to call you a dumb cop as you pulled him over. I say bust his ass!\"

Robert Guimont August 19, 2011 11:15 AM

I\'d love to know how much time they spent just coming-up with the name. \"Systems of Neuromorphic Adaptive Plastic Scalable Electronics (SyNAPSE)\". Or maybe the new chip came up with it on it\'s own.

Robert in Vancouver August 19, 2011 06:08 PM

It's hard to understand why so many negative and sarcastic comments here.
This new chip could advance human civilization by having robots with this chip do all the tedious and dangerous work instead of humans. Or robots with this chip could explore the universe and report back to us so we know which planet is worth traveling to. Many other incredible possibilities.

Danie Clawson August 20, 2011 01:25 AM

Ok guys, forreals, we\'re a long way off from any form of electronics actually gaining any form of intelligence. Calm down.

Raymond Johnson August 20, 2011 03:59 AM

Skynet became self aware (insert date here) and started killing everything.... Anyone know a John Connor?

voluntaryist August 20, 2011 08:47 AM

This could make an android like \"Data\" possible and the project leader is thinking of better traffic control. I wish I could have been the interviewer. I hope he was joking. If not, IBM needs a new PL.