Re: Article: SW = ( SM + SC )

Danny Ayers wrote:

> Ok, so I'm wandering into SF/AI/pie-in-the-sky territory - why not? I reckon
> the number of hosts on the web is currently of a similar order of magnitude
> to the number of neurones in the human brain, 

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/cells.html 

and various other sites estimate 100 billion (10^12) neurones in the
human brain, so I don't think we're there yet...

> and each host probably has a
> lot more processing power than a biological neurone - what's lacking is some
> interconnectivity. Need I say more?

Regards,

David.

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