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There's a lot of backlash and/or dismissiveness on HN every time someone brings up neuromorphic architectures, and I think it has a lot to do with the same defe
by lend000 10y ago
There's a lot of backlash and/or dismissiveness on HN every time someone brings up neuromorphic architectures, and I think it has a lot to do with the same defensiveness that people display when their political beliefs are challenged. When neuromorphic architectures start bearing fruit, programmers will no longer be so in-demand for configuring the machines, as it will shift the balance of power towards hardware engineers and hard scientists.
- return0 10y agoComputational neuroscientists have been using simplified models like these for decades, and in principle the operation of these 'neuromorphic' neurons can already be simulated in large numbers in 'ordinary' computers. So, it's not clear at all what is to be gained. AFAIK, most of the neuroscience community considers Truenorth a marketing ploy. I don't think programmers should wait for these chips before they panic. They should already panic now, because deep learning works.