SoftwareModuleUsage

Uses of Software Modules

Using Modules for Interfaces to the World

Obviously, individual neurons of the Brain Simulator can’t access a camera or microphone for input or control a robot for output because all they can do is accumulate synaptic inputs and emit spikes. Instead, simple modules can perform these functions.

• Source: Brain Simulator II _ The Guide - Charles Simon
• Chapter: Chapter 6: Modules, Using Modules for Interfaces to the World

Using Modules for Computational Efficiency

One key argument that AGI is coming sooner than most people think is that there are numerous functions that a computer can perform much more efficiently than any array of neurons.

• Source: Brain Simulator II _ The Guide - Charles Simon
• Chapter: Chapter 6: Modules, Using Modules for Computational Efficiency

Using Modules for Functions That are Difficult in Neurons

We know that your binocular vision can use the differences in the images presented by your two eyes to estimate the distances to objects you see. This is the basis for the illusion created by 3D movies. I don’t know how the brain accomplishes this task but it is reasonable to assume that it is complicated. Because you know where things are in your immediate surroundings, even with your eyes closed, this estimated distance is important for processing that occurs downstream from object recognition.

• Source: Brain Simulator II _ The Guide - Charles Simon
• Chapter: Chapter 6: Modules, Using Modules for Functions That are Difficult in Neurons