Brain-inspired computing needs a master plan

New computing technologies inspired by the brain promise fundamentally different ways to process information with extreme energy efficiency and the ability to handle the avalanche of unstructured and noisy data that we are generating at an ever-increasing rate. To realize this promise requires a bra...

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Published in:Nature (London) Vol. 604; no. 7905; pp. 255 - 260
Main Authors: Mehonic, A., Kenyon, A. J.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 14.04.2022
Nature Publishing Group
Subjects:
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Artificial intelligence
Biomimetics
Brain
Brain research
Cognitive ability
Computation
Cost control
Datasets
Deep learning
Energy efficiency
Humanities and Social Sciences
Information processing
Internet of Things
multidisciplinary
Neural Networks, Computer
Neurosciences
Perspective
Power
Quantum Theory
R&D
Research & development
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Signal processing
Unstructured data
ISSN:0028-0836, 1476-4687, 1476-4687
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Summary:New computing technologies inspired by the brain promise fundamentally different ways to process information with extreme energy efficiency and the ability to handle the avalanche of unstructured and noisy data that we are generating at an ever-increasing rate. To realize this promise requires a brave and coordinated plan to bring together disparate research communities and to provide them with the funding, focus and support needed. We have done this in the past with digital technologies; we are in the process of doing it with quantum technologies; can we now do it for brain-inspired computing? The benefits and future prospects of neuromorphic, or bio-inspired, computing technologies are discussed, as is the need for a global, coordinated approach to funding, research and collaboration.
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ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/s41586-021-04362-w