IBM Simulates a Mouse Brain


	IBM Simulates a Mouse Brain

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4-25-2007 6:56 AM

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4-25-2007 12:18 PM

bignosemousie

until a glance at computer history makes clear that such computational capabilities will likely be possible on within 20 years, easily, if not even sooner.

This is when the robots will rise up and kill us all.

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