__/ On Sunday 28 August 2005 23:15, [davidof] wrote : \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> I foresaw a similar trend... I am not saying that others failed to make
>> similar speculations, but notable writers were reluctant to make
>> statements which are overly bold.
>
> 'The network is the computer' - Scott McNealy, 1986
You could argue that the computer in itself is a network -- a network of
wires, components and plenty of interaction therein. Perhaps the next stage
is making these networks more neural.
http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=13325&hed=Jeff+Hawkins%e2%80%99+AI+Obsession
[RED HERRING]
"Mr. Hawkins believes that his theory could prompt a revolution in thinking
machines much sooner than he had envisioned."
Roy
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