How much human capacity?

How much money and time would it take to develop a computer that can calculate the brain and its capacity?

• there are two obvious paths that can be taken when considering how to answer all questions; solvable questions that is. one is asking questions and finding answers through research. the other is to develop a computer that can mimic the human brain and thought, for the effect of calculating every possible thought and thus finding every possible answer. mind you i'm not talking about artificial intelligence in the traditional sense, as you would only be creating another mind similar to what already exists. instead i mean an intelligence like a calculator, the knowledge it has and can communicate is bound by the parameters of its programming, its programming would just be bound by the human mind; which is ironically limitless. like a step counter that can tell you how many steps you've taken but also keeps counting further in anticipation of progress. since at this point in time everything is about profitability, how much money and time would it take to develop such a machine. a million dollars, a billion, a trillion....

• Answer:

  A quantum computer could "easily" match human intelligence and solve problems (both logically and intuitively) better than the human brain. Quantum computers are not like digital based super-computers. Quantum computers operate on entirely different principles, something called Qbits and quantum superposition. Quantum computer evaluates a problem and finds all possible solutions as a wave function. When asked for the correct solution, the QC collapses all (infinite number of potential solutions) which leaves only the correct answer. The quantum computer operates at many times the speed of either the human brain or digital super-computers. They are in development, but currently at a very primitive stage. I believe that a few complete quantum computers exist today and used in very specialized application. See: Multi-purpose photonic chip paves the way to programmable quantum processor http://www.kurzweilai.net/multi-purpose-photonic-chip-paves-the-way-to-programmable-quantum-processors?utm_source=KurzweilAIWeeklyNewsletter&utm_campaign=6397a295d9-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email A little off topic but very interesting: Scientists Can Now Extract, Record and Return Information To the Brain http://gizmodo.com/5844245/scientists-restore-lost-brain-functions-with-electronic-implant BrainTechSci http://braintechsci.blogspot.com/ IBM Simulates 4.5 percent of the Human Brain, and All of the Cat Brain http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=graphic-science-ibm-simulates-4-percent-human-brain-all-of-cat-brain&WT.mc_id=SA_CAT_TECH_20111025 Quantum Processor Hooks Up with Quantum Memory http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/38495/?p1=MstRcnt IBM unveils cognitive computing chip, combining digital 'neurons' and 'synapses' http://www.kurzweilai.net/ibm-unveils-cognitive-computing-chips-combining-digital-neurons-and-synapses?utm_source=KurzweilAI_Weekly+Newsletter&utm_campaign=aba17bb666-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email -------------------- It has been suggested that by 2050 digital super-computers will rival the human brain, and pass it up from that point on. Cost will eventually be come minimal as computers get smaller and faster based upon quantum effects. Soon, human beings will require brain implants to enhance their capacity in order to compete with computers.