>>does your estimates take into account the processing power needed
>>for the possible information flow in all these 1000 connections
>>from every single neuron in the human mind?
>>Artificial neural networks usually have a significant number of connections
>which have to be dealt with during updates as well. If for some reason
>more connections had to be added, that would increase the required
>processing time by some small constant multiplier.
small? constant multiplier...
>>without knowing so, i assume that a human neuron works with
>>analog signal levels, is this 'extra' A/D conversion taken into account?
>>Artificial neural networks are essentially analog as well. When run on a
>PC, they use high-precision real numbers to simulate an analog signal.
hmm, yes, 32 bit (long integer) representation might maybe be accurate
enough and certainly is fast.
I often use integer arithmethic to 'simlutate' floating point
calculation/precision.
