Word: braine
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Jones is moving within range of creating a computer that imitates the eye-to-brain functions which could process vast amounts of information at speeds of about one billionth of a second--faster than the speed the with which state-of-the-art computers operate today...
...grant were complicated, but unfortunately the article conveniently neglects these. That the Council could weigh these considerations thoughtfully and efficiently is hardly reason for complaint. The article would have had real came for complaint if we had considered the grant without any regard for our past experience and precedents. Brain R. Melendex Vice Chairperson Undergraduate Council
Critics fear the new trend will culminate in the development of an all encompassing brain, and such worries may not be pure speculation. Nobel lauireate Herbert Simon, professor of computer science and psychology at Carnegie-Mellon, sees no restrictions on the science and believes that human intelligence will one day be recreated. Yet if an understanding is what onlookers seek, they had best concentrate on the reeasoning that spawned such efforts rather than on the possible realization of science fiction folklore...
Before an electronic brain could be perfected, it would need a capacity to distinguish between the most minute nuances of languages and psychology. A common example: to translate the phrase, "Mary had a little lamb," a computer must distinguish between twenty-eight meanings such as "Mary owned the lamb," "Mary ate the lamb," "Mary gave birth to a lamb," or "Mary engaged in sexual activity with a little lamb." Because no researcher has yet solved this problem society-at least for a time-is till bafe from an electronic "Big Brother...
...course, the Columbia University professor has to take a few digs at Harvard. Cambridge City cop Pete Grandeville notes early on that "there was at least one French Canadian from North Cambridge who had a touch of class and a Harvard-caliber brain." "Since Pete had not been expecting to leave the tense intellectual environment of Harvard all day, he was delighted to encounter someone who was both relaxed and willing to tell him interesting things," the author remarks later. Columbia University is significantly absent from the novel...