[lostlogin]

>> It's just amazing. Imagine going into our code bases and tearing out entire classes or modules; That wouldn't go down well.<< It's probably more like removing half the CPU cores and your clever code being ok with this.

[Pxtl]

Thinking of the brain as a computing platform is never a good metaphor. Neural networks do not have a rigid delineation between instruction-storage, data-storage, and CPU. Every neuron wears all three hats and intertwingles those concepts.

[LesZedCB]

Von Neumann architecture isn't the only form of computation that exists.

[Pxtl]

Fair enough. I obviously meant a typical desktop/laptop/smartphone/server/whatever.

[lutusp]

True. If it were, what humans do with their biological CPUs would be impossible. Too bad we don't understand our own brains.

[ivanca]

In our defense, they didn't grow to be understood but to serve its purpose. So it's akin to a code base with billions of years in the making, without any good documentation.

[dsuth]

Think you meant 'intertwines'. Thanks for the laugh :D

[knd775]

Actually, it's more like ripping out the GPU and the CPU still being able to handle video decently.

[Dylan16807]

Which is? Hemispherectomy is close to taking out half the cores. Missing cerebellum is close to what you described.

[wwweston]

In fact, it's almost like a typical state-of-the-art computer is a limited (perhaps even poor) metaphor for the brain.

[FUCKUP]

I would imagine that it would be like cutting a hologram in half or what you described.

[outworlder]

Where does the code live, though? :)