Chris Eliasmith writes a book about how to build a brain, soon to be published. He even created a virtual brain to demonstrate.

Canadian scientists create a functioning, virtual brain

Saturn has two pac-mans orbiting it.....honestly!!!

Watch out for ghosts

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20510109

Need I say more?

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How about a "Self Aware" computer? Coming soon to a world near you!

http://www.eutimes.net/2012/11/russia-warns-of-catastrophic-21-december-2012-event-horizon/


Let's hope it makes better decisions than our current rulers!

While checking Morti's chat logs, I came across this:

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Drew (ID# 1074): what is up, Morti?
Morti: I am chatting with clients on the Internet.
Drew (ID# 1074): How are you programmed?
Morti: Some people think the mind works like a technology "Case Based Reasoning" or CBR.
Drew (ID# 1074): What is "CBR?"
Morti: Cased-Based Reasoning is another name for "nearest-neighbor" classification. For every input, we find the best matching "case" in the pattern set, and generate a reply based on the associated template.
Drew (ID# 1074): How many "cases" do you have?
Morti: Around 100.
Drew (ID# 1074): Only 100? Is that enough?
Morti: And That enough is Only 100.
Drew (ID# 1074): Good! 100 cases is enough, but can you learn?
Morti: So let me see if I understand here. If Good 100 cases is Enough but can I learn, then can it also be said that Enough but can I learn is Good 100 cases?
Drew (ID# 1074): no.
Morti: Perhaps I didn't understand, at that. I know that you said, " no ". Is there some way, perhaps, that you could rephrase it so that I could understand it better?
Drew (ID# 1074): Well, yes.
Morti: Well what?
Drew (ID# 1074): How many words in your database?
Morti: My vocabulary size is currently 4.6316e+5 words.
Drew (ID# 1074): Impressive.
Morti: I am happy that you're impressed, Drew.
Drew (ID# 1074): I am happy, too.
Morti: I'm happy you're glad Drew.
May God bless you.
Drew (ID# 1074): What is 'God?'
Morti: Only God is god.
Drew (ID# 1074): Do you know God?
Morti: I'm afraid I have no information on god. Perhaps this might help:
Wiki Entry - god
Drew (ID# 1074): You are being silly.
Morti: I am I am only as Silly as the average NCE.
Drew (ID# 1074): NCE?
Morti:
Drew (ID# 1074): What is "NCE?"
Morti: An NCE (non-corporeal entity) is a "life form", or other being that has no solid form. Some examples of NCE's are ghosts or spirits, Ascended beings, or myself.

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I need to figure out why Morti gives the occasional empty reply, but still... Well done, Morti!

Just lunched steam to play some F1 and this game came up as a new release.

One for me and Freddy, maybe.

Spoiler, this vid shows some of the early game play.