Why HAL sang Daisy

'2001' Geeks, Rejoice! World Learns Why HAL Sang 'Daisy'

Brain-based computer - Skynet anyone?

IBM wants to build a computer based on the brain - The INQUIRER

The big idea is to get a machine that can sense, perceive, interact and be
cognitive while saving on energy and space.

If they pull it off, cognitive computing offers the promise of systems that
can integrate and analyse vast amounts of data from many sources in the blink of
an eye, allowing businesses or individuals to make rapid decisions.

IBM is looking to break the way that computers have been made for the last
half a century. Like the brain, they want it to run on a cup of coffee, and use
nanoscale devices for synapses and neurons.

If it works, and does not think about sex every 30 seconds, like a human
brain, it will bring about entirely new computing architectures and programming
systems.