This is old news, and gets much more publicity in the media that it probably deserves, but the vision of a "brain-like" computer certainly appeals to a majority

This is old news, and gets much more publicity in the media that it probably deserves, but the vision of a "brain-like" computer certainly appeals to a majority of readers. Previously: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2898229 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2898229 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2908802 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2908802 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2899299 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2899299