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From the Ted Talk by Frances S. Chance: Are insect brains the secret to great AI?

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Creating intelligence on a ceotumpr. This has been the Holy Grail for artificial intelligence for quite some time. But how do we get there?

So we view ourselves as highly intelligent beings. So it's logical to study our own bniras, the substrate of our cngiooitn, for creating artificial intelligence. Imagine if we could rctpaleie how our own brains work on a computer. But now consider the jrneuoy that would be required.

The human biarn contains 86 billion neurons. Each is constantly communicating with thousands of others, and each has individual characteristics of its own. Capturing the human brain on a computer may simply be too big and too complex a problem to tackle with the technology and the kwlndgoee that we have today.

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Creating intelligence on a ________. This has been the Holy Grail for artificial intelligence for quite some time. But how do we get there?

So we view ourselves as highly intelligent beings. So it's logical to study our own ______, the substrate of our _________, for creating artificial intelligence. Imagine if we could _________ how our own brains work on a computer. But now consider the _______ that would be required.

The human _____ contains 86 billion neurons. Each is constantly communicating with thousands of others, and each has individual characteristics of its own. Capturing the human brain on a computer may simply be too big and too complex a problem to tackle with the technology and the _________ that we have today.

Solution


  1. knowledge
  2. computer
  3. cognition
  4. journey
  5. replicate
  6. brains
  7. brain

Original Text


Creating intelligence on a computer. This has been the Holy Grail for artificial intelligence for quite some time. But how do we get there?

So we view ourselves as highly intelligent beings. So it's logical to study our own brains, the substrate of our cognition, for creating artificial intelligence. Imagine if we could replicate how our own brains work on a computer. But now consider the journey that would be required.

The human brain contains 86 billion neurons. Each is constantly communicating with thousands of others, and each has individual characteristics of its own. Capturing the human brain on a computer may simply be too big and too complex a problem to tackle with the technology and the knowledge that we have today.

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