t-Brainlike Computers, Learning From Experience

This will turn the digital world on its head

Erin Lubin/The New York Times

JOHN MARKOFF | NYTimes

Computers have entered the age when they are able to learn from their own mistakes, a development that is about to turn the digital world on its head.

The first commercial version of the new kind of computer chip is scheduled to be released in 2014. It is based on the biological nervous system, specifically on how neurons react to stimuli and connect with other neurons to interpret information.

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