Hans Moravec - When will computer hardware match the human brain? (1998)

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Brains, Eyes and Machines

• The retina seems to process about ten one-million-point images per second
• It takes robot vision programs about 100 computer instructions to derive single edge or motion detections from comparable video images. 100 million instructions are needed to do a million detections, at 1,000 MIPS to repeat them ten times per second to match the retina
• The 1,500 cubic centimeter human brain is about 100,000 times as large as the retina, suggesting that matching overall human behavior will take about 100 million MIPS of computer power
• Decoupling training from use will allow robots to do more with less
• One day we may find that plants remember much, but process it slowly

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References

• Moravec, Hans. "When will computer hardware match the human brain." Journal of evolution and technology 1.1 (1998): 10.