When the neuroscientists are ready for "live test subjects", I have a few people to nominate ~ ~ Sooz

Artificial brain passes basic IQ test
By Samantha Kimmey
Sunday, December 2, 2012 19:00 EST

An artificial brain created by neuroscientists at the University of Waterloo in Canada can pass a basic IQ test according to researchers, reported ExtremeTech.

The Semantic Pointer Architecture Unified Network — SPAUN — contains 2.5 million simulated neurons. It can complete eight different tasks, and an attached arm can even write.

Not only does it simulate the human brain’s abilities, but it even simulates the brain’s limits, as it has difficulty remembering more than a few numbers.

The researchers hope to further develop the artificial brain by creating more adaptability — that is, by creating an artificial brain that can learn by actually doing things, rather than being limited by what it has been programmed to do.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/12/02/artificial-brain-passes-basic-iq-test/

limited by what it has been programmed to do.

Not sure I'd be ready to call it "intelligence" just yet.

From the title I thought we're gonna talk about Sheranormas, but then I read in the article that the artificial brain can learn.
Oh well, that settles that. My bad.

Well, it IS an improvement even if it isn't actually intelligence.

didn't realize an IQ test was pass/fail. ;]

Then you haven't been paying attention to the current GOP/TP members.

They're on the fail side.

ok, for some reason this really strikes me as funny.