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Since the dawn of computing, people have drawn parallels between machines and the brain. This statement also applies to two of the founders of computing: John von Neumann, who wrote a paper called “The Computer and the Brain,” and Alan Turing, who in 1949 said, “In the long run, I see no reason why [a computer] should not rival human intelligence in most areas.”
The main problem with this comparison is that the traditional processor, the central processing unit (CPU), does not actually replicate the functions of the brain. The CPU is too focused on math and logic. The neural processor (NP), on the other hand, takes a completely different approach: it replicates the structure of the human brain at the level of its architecture.
However, electronically reproducing the workings of the human brain is far from a new concept.
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