Blockchain Thinking : the Brain as a Decentralized Autonomous Corporation [Commentary]

IEEE Technology and Society Magazine

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 41-52

  Swan, Melanie ^a  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain models; Information processing

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DATA PROCESSING;

BLOCK-CHAIN; COMPUTATIONAL SYSTEM; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; HUMAN ENHANCEMENTS; NEW FORMS;

BRAIN MODELS;

EID: 84961644364     PISSN: 02780097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MTS.2015.2494358     Document Type: Review

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