U.S. Intelligence Wants Computer “Powerful as Human Brain”

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As if what they already have isn’t enough – the U.S. intelligence community now wants a computer with the power of a human brain.

The research arm of the American intelligence agencies, IARPA, invited interested parties from the computer industry to present their projects for the development of a computer based on the human brain.

The goal of the new program, launched by the U.S. intelligence community, is to develop learning algorithms, processes based on high-fidelity imaging of the human brain. According to the Computer World report these algorithms should be designed to deal with extremely complex information processing missions.

iHLS – Israel Homeland Security

According to the agency the U.S. government’s goal is to achieve a deeper understanding of the human brain and the way we process information, in addition to developing computers that process information based on the same insights. The date for the presentations was set for July 17.

The final goal, according to IARPA, is the search for trustworthy information – developing the ability to differentiate between reliable and unreliable signals abd determine whether a source is trustworthy or not. IARPA added the the ability to quantify the trust levels of every intelligence source – who can be trusted and in what context – can have an immense impact on the intellignece community and on society as a whole.