Neural Computing

So, you're reading this. But the question is—what are you? The way I see it, you're a brain sitting in a shell of bones and skin. A human brain which is unique and advanced and can do tasks no other creature can, like the very thing you are doing right now.

You are a Brain.

The ability to make dynamic decisions based on the response we get is what sets us apart.

Computers on a fundamental basis are linear. They do what they're told, how they are programmed to function. Neural Computing aims to change that. It employs Neural Networks to make a computer smarter.

A neural network is a computing system made up of a number of simple, highly interconnected processing elements, which process information by their dynamic state response to external inputs. They are loosely modeled on the base of the cerebral cortex of a brain. Making the right connections can be imitated using silicon and wires as living neurons and dendrites.

This gives a computer that can think on the fly, make dynamic decisions, recognise the difference between users. It's granting the ability to recognise patterns to a computer, which in turn opens up more avenues for exploration.

This is where Machine Learning fits in. It relies on pattern recognition which is implemented by Neural Networks.

It's a technique for building a computer program that learns from data.

Advancements in Neural Techniques

Come on, it's 2017, if you really thought our technology is still backward and won't be able to figure out at least how to start working on this concept, you were wrong. Neural networks and neurocomputers have been and are being used widely.

Neuralink

A new venture by a man I consider my own role model—Elon Musk. Neuralink aims to bring Brain-Machine interface to new levels.

"Your output level is so low, particularly on a phone, your two thumbs just tapping away. This is ridiculously slow. Our input is much better because we have a high bandwidth visual interface into the brain. Our eyes take in a lot of data." — Elon Musk

Neuralink wants to redefine what future humans will be.

We're moving swiftly towards a computerized era. Working towards a "Thinking" computer, AI is at the strongest point it ever was and will continue to be that way as we move ahead. But no one really knows where it will go. No one can predict the end result.

Neuralink is a sort of an airbag. An airbag for the end of the road which may result in a bad crash.

Musk aims to harness the power of AI and keep it in the "Family"—Humans. He believes that humans should have the ultimate control.

Brain-Machine interfaces (BMI) are a technology he believes will help us in achieving ultimate control of AI. That's what Neuralink does. BMI puts humans at the helm of this huge vessel.

Artificial Intelligence is something that'll keep on evolving, because that's our ultimate goal—an Intelligence that can evolve by itself. But no one knows where that'll lead us. What the AI might do. Where it might go. It's a stab in the dark. But a necessary one.