Joseph Psotka

I was born in Serbia during the second world war (actually it was Hungary at the time but has changed its name several times since ...) and narrowly missed staying there forever. For most of my life I have been a psychologist of sorts, with more than a passing interest in computers and their power to augment or supercede our intelligence. My thesis in 1975 dealt with a powerful theory of statistical induction as the basis of human thought and I have been working to understand it for most of my career, with too little success. I was surprised when I discovered only recently that it was a very special case of a much broader statistical technology that is being implemented in a new class of computers based on memristors for neural computing. This may well transform computing if it succeeds and replace digital computing. It appears to have much in common with holographic computing as well, and may help us better understand how simple physical objects can become intelligent. What a shame that I didn't understand this better 35 years ago ...