Supercomputers, Artificial Intelligence & Brain Power

Abstract

The title for the fastest supercomputer has been taken by Tianhe-2 benchmarked at 33.86 Petaflops which is about 100,000,000 times faster than the Cray. This begs the question what it can be used for. One such use is artificial intelligence.  But, can we simply map the brain and simulate it on a computer?