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From: Jef Allbright <jef@...>
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 08:16:28 -0700
To: ExI chat list <extropy-chat@...>, agi@...
Subject: [agi] DARPA Ends Brain Reverse Engineering Project
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FYI,
- Jef
An [1]article in the New Jersey Star-Ledger says DARPA has "quietly
killed" their project to reverse engineering the human brain. The
project, known as [2]Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures
(BICA), had been compared to other very difficult projects such as the
atomic bomb or moon landing. DARPA has denied requests to explain why
they dropped the project and neuroscientists who were involved said,
"All we know is it's dead". The first phase was a $9.5 million project
planning stage. The cancelled phase 2 was to be a $50-100 million
attempt to design "psychologically-based and neurobiology-based
cognitive architectures" based on the human brain. There is
speculation that DARPA concluded phase 2 was simply to ambitious. For
more detailed information see DARPA's [3]BICA Information Pamplhlet
(PDF format) or the [4]reports from Phase 1 participants.
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References

1.
http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf?/base/news-11/1173937313282210.xml&coll=\
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2. http://www.darpa.mil/ipto/programs/bica/index.htm
3. http://www.darpa.mil/BAA/pdfs/baa05-18pip.pdf
4. http://www.darpa.mil/ipto/programs/bica/phase1.htm
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