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From http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120917152043.htm Could this be a tiny step towards an AGI? > 'Blue Brain' Project Accurately Predicts Connections Between Neurons > One of the greatest challenges in neuroscience is to identify the map of synaptic connections between neurons. Called the "connectome," it is the holy grail that will explain how...

http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/21/vicarious-good-ventures-funding/ > Vicarious, a startup that says it’s “building software that thinks and learns like a human,” has just raised a $15 million Series A. > > The round was led by Good Ventures, the investment firm founded by Dustin Moskovitz, who also co-founded Facebook and Asana. (The firm’s profits...