brain requires two more things in addition to appropriate learning rules
             (and sufficiently powerful hardware): it requires having an adequate initial
             architecture and providing a rich flux of sensory input.
             The latter prerequisite is easily provided even with present technology.
             Using video cameras, microphones and tactile sensors, it is possible to
             ensure a steady flow of real-world information to the artificial neural
             network. An interactive element could be arranged by connecting the system
             to robot limbs and a speaker.
             Developing an adequate initial network structure is a more serious problem.
             It might turn out to be necessary to do a considerable amount of hand-coding
             in order to get the cortical architecture right. In biological organisms, the
             brain does not start out at birth as a homogenous tabula rasa; it has an
             initial structure that is coded geneti
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