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U.S. Air Force building supercomputer from PS3s

Nope, you did not read that wrong.


Hopefully, this experiment will be able to tell more about our ability to think and process information. If we are able to succeed in this, this could open up a new field of AI.

Though it is also impressive that they are using the PS3 to program the computer (I would think that more modern computers would be used for the supercomputer). That's probably saying a lot about the processing power of the PS3.


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Garrett Strobel said…
I saw this before, but i wonder if they are paying the retail price of the PS3's or what, since Sony sells PS3s at a loss leader already in order to make their money back on games. They said it would be cheaper than producing a regular supercomputer so I wonder if its cheaper because of that or for other reasons.
February 4, 2010 at 12:24 AM
Kevin said…
The probable reason for the study is in the article linked below. It has been attempted before. Check out:

http://ps2.ign.com/articles/089/089251p1.html

Speaking of AI also check out:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Forbin_Project

It is an old movie but some of us still remember it:)

Enjoy:)
February 9, 2010 at 7:33 PM
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