Debunking the Memristor Brain 2.0 Metaphors?
From the HP Lab announcement:
As for the human brain-like characteristics, memristor technology could one day lead to computer systems that can remember and associate patterns in a way similar to how people do. This could be used to substantially improve facial recognition technology or to provide more complex biometric recognition systems that could more effectively restrict access to personal information. These same pattern-matching capabilities could enable appliances that learn from experience and computers that can make decisions.
What? Aside from science fiction, this kind of prototyping forward-speak tends to create buzz, but in general the scientific realities are relatively limited. It merely adds to the efficiency of the platform certain types of code will run upon. The effects of mimicking brain function will still rely primarily on the Searles conundrum, or the Eliza effect, in which human social engineering principles will dominate.
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