Artificial brain could be reality in just 10 years

It's perpetually 10 years away. They've been saying this since the first computers started calculating.

Next time, might I suggest linking to TED directly instead of the Daily Fail, which is pretty much guaranteed to distort whatever interesting finding or plan is being reported on.

Well, mr. Makram is on the record now, let's see if he delivers.

From elements of a rat brain to a functioning artificial human brain seems to be quite a step in only 10 years, but who knows. If you don't aim high you'll never hit anything.

I find assertions like this pure hype, and unbecoming of a scientist.

It also belies a cock-sure arrogance that asserts that we already enough enough about how the brain works to accurately model even a very small portion of it.

So, now I will go on record, not being a scientist: In 10 years we will understand the brain to be vastly more complex than we ever imagined, because after attempting to model it, we uncovered a whole lot of stuff that we didn't know about.

And that is also why projects like Makram's are worthwhile.

Now we just need a way to map the connections of an existing brain.

May prove true, but Blue Brain likely won't be involved!8-))

But seriously, I tend to agree with jsonscripter: it's always 10 years away.

- still waiting for my flying car.

Could be possible if you are talking a 4chan poster's brain.