Linoy Joseph

Its been 50 years trying to break the code of intelligence, its still a puzzle how we do things we do. Many of the artificial projects failed because of the obstacles faced when it comes to the reality of implementation.

Blue brain project was one of the initiative by SWISS govt in association with Brain and Mind Institute in 2005.

At the TED Global conference, Henry Markram, director of the Blue Brain Project, revealed that he and his team in Switzerland are aiming to build a functioning, artificial human brain within the next 10 years.

The team started out a few years ago by attempting to create a fully functioning artificial rat brain using the IBM supercomputer, Blue Gene. The thought was if they could successfully replicate a rat’s brain, they would then leverage their knowledge to do the same with a human one.

When they began their experiment, the digital rat brain only fired neurons when prodded by a simulated electrical current. Recently, however, the neurons have begun spontaneously organizing themselves into a more complex pattern.

According to the scientists, this is the beginning of the self-organizing neurological patterns that eventually, in more complex mammal brains, become personality.

Markram thinks that in 10 years, they’ll either have an artificial human brain that has consciousness or they’ll know that consciousness is more than just a neurological pattern. If they do succeed, Markram says they’ll bring the brain to TED to speak.

I belive the world is ready with enough solutions to start building a human brain.This doesnt mean people are trying to compet god or the robots are going to rule people like in the terminator. Its like a new era of problem solving and supporting human kind. Like camera playing a major role instead of human eyes.

excerpts from cnet.com