Supercomputer that simulates entire human brain will switch on in 2024(www.westernsydney.edu.au)

posted 9 months ago

A neuromorphic supercomputer called DeepSouth will be capable of 228 trillion synaptic operations per second, which is on par with the estimated number of operations in the human brain

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elfio@sh.itjust.works

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9 months ago

Are they planning to run an uploaded intelligence?

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atrielienz@lemmy.world

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9 months ago

Are they planning to run uploaded anxiety?

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SCB@lemmy.world

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9 months ago

It’s to study how the brain works by simulating it. There’s been a lot of cool advances in AI architecture that can conceivably tell us a lot about brain function

I’ve been reading up a lot on how neuroscience is turning to AI to better understand brain function and it is super cool

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10053494/#:~:text=With respect to neuroscience%2C AI,neurological disorders early [23].

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Spacehooks@reddthat.com

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9 months ago

The plot of SOMA

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