Earlier this month, I wrote about Sebastian Seung and his ideas on mapping the connections between the neurons of the human brain. Seung thought that by analyzing brain images and identifying neural pathways through the use of intelligent supercomputers, scientists would be able to analyze trillions of synapses and ultimately create a computing architecture based on how the mind works. According to Ray Kurzweil, an artificial intelligence expert, inventor and futurist, we may be only a decade away from having the technology to map out and reverse engineer the human brain.
