Mapping a Brain without the Treo Founder
October 26, 2018
Remember the Treo. The wizard behind the device has been studying the brain. Jeff Hawkins is beginning to share his findings.
It’s a well-worn joke that things like Google and Facebook impact the ways our brains work. Some might even say our brains wouldn’t function without it. Now, scientists are striving to make that connection even tighter, but in a surprising way. We learned more from a Datanami story: “Partners Look to Scale ‘Chomsky Knowledge Graph’”.
According to the piece, computer scientists are testing out a knowledge mapping tool on the work of social critic Noam Chomsky. Here’s where it gets interesting:
“The initiative builds on Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOGL) pioneering work that used a graph database to organize information and link it to related web sites and sources. Built on top of the graph database, the knowledge graph transformed search from “strings” of key words to “things,” or concepts based on context.”
Why wait for Mr. Hawkins.
By using Google for this project, it’s tough not to assume that Google has the brain under glass. With the news that Google, itself, has been attempting to map the human brain’s neurons, it seems like a natural fit that the two would find an eventual overlap.
Perhaps online ads delivered directly into the brain? We like the idea. We like the idea. We like the idea. Oh, that’s Ikea.
Patrick Roland, October 26, 2018
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