Man Vs Machine
Author: Shaunk...
A while ago I started studying Philosophy of Mind, one of the sub categories being artificial intelligence.
Brains and computers function in very different ways yet there are now many parellels drawn between the size/power of the intenet and the human brain. I'm not going to go into too much detail about this now, or throw in my own oppinions however for those who are interested here is some material to get you walmed up for the debate.
Guardian - Does the internet's processing power rival the brain's?
Journal of Evolution & Technology
Present Computing Technology
Times Article about ASCI Purple
IBM Road Runner Super Computer #1
Top 500 Supercomputers
Analogue Computing
Developing Technologies
Quantum Computing
DNA Computing